West Virginia Made Incorrect Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments to Hospitals 

From July 1, 2011, through December 31, 2013, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Department of Medical Assistance Services (the State agency) paid $50.3 million to 42 eligible hospitals in West Virginia for Medicaid electronic health record (ERD) incentive payments. We reviewed hospitals that received an incentive payment totaling $1 million or more. There were five hospitals that each received total incentive payments exceeding $1 million.