California must repay nearly $53 million to the federal government after a federal audit revealed that the state improperly claimed Medicaid reimbursements for noncitizens. The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted the audit, which found that California had incorrectly calculated and claimed reimbursements for medical care provided to illegal immigrants and other noncitizens.
The core of the problem lies in how California officials calculated federal reimbursements for noncitizen medical care.
