Though insurers Peach State, Amerigroup and CareSource are paid per member per month to provide care to Medicaid members, the companies continued to receive those payments from Medicaid despite a decline in patient visits, the Herald reported.
The return of $202 million from 2020 currently is awaiting approval by CMS, while another $300 million for 2021 is under negotiation. A portion of the money the state gets back likely will be paid to the federal government.
Georgia pays its Medicaid insurers $4 billion annually to provide care to low-income populations, according to the Herald.
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