New York’s Medicaid program paid more than $60,000 for erectile dysfunction drugs and treatments for dozens of sex offenders, according to an audit
ALBANY — New York State’s Medicaid program paid more than $60,000 for erectile dysfunction drugs and treatments for dozens of sex offenders over a six-year period, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Wednesday.found that Medicaid made nearly $934,000 in improper payments for drugs, procedures and supplies to treat erectile dysfunction between April 2012 and July 2018. Those payments included $63,301 for 47 sex offenders, 30 of whom were classified as Level 2 or Level 3 offenders.
The audit further found that managed care organizations made most of the payments and that Medicaid laws and policies are inconsistent, with state policy prohibiting payment of erectile dysfunction drugs for treatment of BPH under fee-for-service, but allowing it under managed care. The audit recommended that the Department of Health: review payments identified in the audit and ensure recoveries are made appropriately; regularly provide managed care organizations with lists of all erectile dysfunction drugs, procedures and supplies that are excluded or have limited Medicaid coverage; periodically monitor coverage, utilization and payment of such drugs, procedures and supplies; and take corrective actions.
The agency also dismissed “the assumptions used by OSC to identify questionable payments for drugs indicated to treat sexual or erectile dysfunction, which can also be used to treat other indications.”
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