(TNS) This story first appeared in the Kentucky Lantern.

Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball alleges in a report released Wednesday that the state mismanaged about $800 million in taxpayer funds, resulting in payments to Medicaid managed care organizations at the same time other states were paying for the same patients.

Dr. Steven Stack, secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, called the Wednesday report a “rehash” of what federal investigators found in 2022 — that 47 states made capitation payments for Medicaid recipients who were enrolled in two states. Medicaid is a federal-state program that pays for 1 in 3 Kentuckians’ health care.

“The issue of concurrent enrollment in Medicaid Managed Care was identified by a federal inspector general in 2022 and is happening in nearl

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