Definitions of Disability: Current Federal Standards and Implications of Reform for Medicaid

August 22, 2005 States' Use of Contingency-Fee Consultants to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlights Need for Improved Federal OversightAs of 2004, 34 states - up from 10 states in 2002 - used contingency-fee consultants to implement projects to maximize federal Medicaid reimbursements. Projects varied widely, and because of certain risk factors 'including a nationwide growth in dollars' GAO focused on claims in five categories (see table). Contingency-fee consultants in the 2 states GAO reviewed, Georgia and Massachusetts, have developed projects in all five categories. From these and other projects, for state fiscal years 2000 through 2004, Georgia obtained an estimated . . .