Louisiana Auditor’s Office: Medicaid Participant Fees Paid On Behalf Of Incarcerated Indiividuals

The Louisiana Auditor's Office released the report on July 2, 2014. The auditor sought to determine if the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH0 paid Medicaid particiapant fees for incarcerated individuals enrolled in Bayou Health and the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership Medicaid managed care programs. For the analysis, the auditor obtained an electronic copy of Medicaid claims paid in the Bayou Health and the Louisiana Behavioral Health Partnership programs from Molina Health Solutions, DHH’s fiscal intermediary, and obtained an electronic copy of individuals who became incarcerated between July 1, 2008 and December 31, 2013, from the Louisiana . . .