The federal government has picked a private nonprofit group to help identify potential Medicaid overpayments.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded a Medicaid Integrity Program task order to IPRO, Lake Success, N.Y.
IPRO will be responsible for performing CMS Region I, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, and in CMS Region II, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.