Medicaid paid more than $207 million to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who were already dead[1]. This amount is according to a report by the Department of Health's independent oversight body that examined Medicaid payments during the period under review[1]. According to the report, accurate verification of payments deteriorated because of inadequate mechanisms to promptly detect beneficiary deaths before payments were made[1]. The report also states that new legislative changes could help reduce such excessive payments by improving information sharing between offices and providers[1]. The article states that the proposed law aims to introduce tighter controls and updates to death data to prevent repeat payments after beneficiaries' deaths[1]. Administrative failures and delays in updating records are a major reason why such payments have occurred[1].