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Note: Generally, the specific programs and total number of programs that constitute the governmentwide improper payment estimate vary from year to year. In earlier years, the number of programs included in the government-wide estimate generally increased as programs reported improper payment estimates for the first time. In other words, as more programs are implimented, more improper payments are made.
These figures do not include the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Finance and Accounting Service Commercial Pay program because of concerns regarding the reliability of the program’s estimate. As shown in figures 2 and 3, the reported improper payment estimates—both dollar estimates and 10 Reported error rates reflect the estimated improper payments as a percentage of total error rates—have been increasing over the past 3 years, largely because of increases in Medicaid’s reported improper payment estimates. GAO
These figures do not include the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Finance and Accounting Service Commercial Pay program because of concerns regarding the reliability of the program’s estimate. As shown in figures 2 and 3, the reported improper payment estimates—both dollar estimates and 10 Reported error rates reflect the estimated improper payments as a percentage of total error rates—have been increasing over the past 3 years, largely because of increases in Medicaid’s reported improper payment estimates. GAO
