Review of Targeted Case Management Services Rendered by the Massachusetts Department of Social Services During Federal Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003

May 16, 2006 Review of Targeted Case Management Services Rendered by the Massachusetts Department of Social Services During Federal Fiscal Years 2002 & 2003 Medicaid pays for targeted case management services to assess Medicaid beneficiaries service needs, refer beneficiaries to needed services, and monitor the services. It does not pay for direct social services to which beneficiaries have been referred. However, Massachusetts included the costs for direct social services in the rates used to claim reimbursement for targeted case management services. OIG recommended that the State refund the resulting $87 million Federal overpayment and work with the Federal Centers for . . .