Veterans Inspector General Reports 3.4% Error Rate For Veterans Choice Program Medical Payments
Of the more than $2.6 billion the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has paid for medical care through The Veterans Choice Act program since the program started in November 2014 through August 2017, about 3.4%, ($89.7 million) represented potential overpayments to the program’s third-party administrators (TPAs), TriWest Healthcare Alliance (TriWest) and Health Net Federal Services LLC (Health Net). The VA developed the estimate after TriWest notified the VA that it had conducted an internal analysis of its VA contracts, including the VA Choice TPA contract, and found overpayments. TriWest and Health Net are also the . . .