Iowa’s Program Integrity Initiative Yields $86 Million in Savings

On October 21, Governor Terry Brandstad (R) announced that a recently implemented Medicaid program integrity initiative (the Initiative) generated $41 million in taxpayer savings in fiscal year 2013, bringing total savings to $86 million in three years.  The Initiative demonstrated a strong return on investment exceeding initial expectations–the three-year contract cost $14 million, and was…