Ann Maxwell: CMS may have lost $1.3B due to misclassified medicine

Because of a drug classification issue, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid may have foregone more than a billion dollars, according to HHS.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one of those places where small errors can add up to big dollars. Because of a drug classification issue, CMS may have foregone more than a billion dollars. How? Ann Maxwell, assistant inspector general for evaluations and inspectors at the Heath and Human Services department, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share more details.

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