CMS Guidance on Extended Period for Collection of Medicaid Provider Overpayments
On July 13, 2010, CMS issued a letter to state Medicaid directors on implementation of Section 6506 of the ACA, which gives states up to one year from the date of discovery of an overpayment for Medicaid services to recover, or to attempt to recover, the overpayment before making an adjustment to refund the federal share of the overpayment.
