It’s tempting to want to celebrate the latest improper payment numbers—just announced as being at their lowest level in a decade— as a great success story. And indeed, the administration is ...

The federal government disbursed a reported $2.7 trillion in improper payments—amounts that either should not have been paid, were made for the incorrect amount, or otherwise lacked fidelity—over the ...

Improper payments, which put taxpayer dollars at risk, have been a long-term issue for the federal government, but they declined over the past year. However, there is more than meets the eye on this, ...

A new GAO report released last week (“Improper Payments: Fiscal Year 2022 Estimates and Opportunities for Improvement”) made brief headlines for finding that, during fiscal year 2022, federal agencies ...

The improper payment rate for fiscal year 2024 was 3.97%. The last time that number dipped below 4% was in 2013. The Biden White House is touting reductions in agencies’ improper payments, as the ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Social Security Administration (SSA) is wrestling with a “record-breaking backlog” of cases that has led to roughly $1.1 billion in improper payments, according to a new report by the ...

Traditional Medicare paid out an estimated $31.2 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2023, according to new data from the federal government. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

A Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “We Welcome SNAP Benefits” sign unveiled on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (USDA photo) The Agriculture Department is one of 16 federal departments and agencies ...

Republicans and Democrats took two very different approaches Tuesday to the issue of improper payments made by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. "For fiscal year 2023, GAO [the Government ...

We all make mistakes, but most of us don’t make mistakes with billions of dollars of someone else’s money. We can easily forgive the drive-thru worker who fails to “hold the pickles,” but it’s tougher ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WXIN/WTTV) — Indiana leaders are calling ...