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Overview

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program to measure improper payments in the Medicaid program and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).  PERM is designed to comply with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA; Public Law 107-300).  For PERM, CMS is using a national contracting strategy consisting of three contractors to perform statistical calculations, medical records collection, and medical/data processing review of selected State Medicaid and CHIP fee-for-service (FFS) and managed care claims. In FY 2006, CMS reviewed only FFS Medicaid claims.  Starting in FY 2007, CMS expanded PERM to include reviews of FFS and managed care claims, as well as beneficiary eligibility, in both the Medicaid and CHIP programs.


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Calculating State Error Rates [PDF, 286 KB]

PERM Overview [PDF, 382 KB]

Corrective Action Planning Overview [PDF, 211 KB]

Slides from PERM Presentation at NAMPI on 9-2-09 [PDF, 354 KB]

PERM CAP Brochure [PDF, 1.15 MB]

PERM CAP Flow Chart [PDF, 99.3 KB]

State Contact List [PDF, 163 KB]
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