NY A03898

Requires the Medicaid Inspector General to wait at least 60 days after issuing a final audit report before beginning recovery of overpayments from non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) vendors

Allows NEMT vendors whose payments were disqualified due to ministerial or inadvertent record-keeping errors to submit independent proof that transportation services were actually provided to Medicaid recipients

Mandates the Inspector General to reduce or eliminate overpayment amounts, including extrapolation calculations, when vendors can independently prove services were actually rendered

Applies specifically to vendors providing non-emergency medical transportation services to Medicaid enrollees

Takes effect immediately upon enactment