New York's Claims for Medicaid Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Waiver Program Services Generally Complied With Federal and State Requirements but Had Reimbursement Errors That Resulted in a Minimal Amount of Overpayments

During a prior review, we determined that New York claimed Medicaid reimbursement for home and community-based services (HCBS) under a Medicaid waiver program that did not comply with Federal requirements.New York's Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) is an HCBS waiver program. Our objective was to determine whether New York claimed Medicaid reimbursement for NHTD waiver program services in accordance with certain Federal and State requirements.