Review of Medicaid Outpatient Drug Expenditures in Connecticut for the Period October 1, 2003, Through September 30, 2005

For fiscal years 2004 and 2005, Connecticut claimed $122,000 ($62,000 Federal share) in Medicaid reimbursement for drugs that were no longer eligible for reimbursement. The State agency also claimed $18.5 million ($9.4 million Federal share) for drug products that were not listed on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quarterly drug tapes and thus may not have been allowable for Medicaid reimbursement.