No "Of the 2024 Medicaid improper payments, 79.11% were the result of insufficient documentation. These payments typically involve situations where a state or

No "Of the 2024 Medicaid improper payments, 79.11% were the result of insufficient documentation. These payments typically involve situations where a state or provider missed an administrative step and do not necessarily indicate fraud or abuse." Depending on the year, that means that intentional fraud is around 1.8%, almost all of it over charging by medical companies and physicians. https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fiscal-year-2024-improper-payments-fact-sheet https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fiscal-year-2024-im...