The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the Medicaid Integrity Program (MIP) as a new effort to combat theft, inappropriate use, and simple mistakes that drain critical Medicaid program dollars. By 2007, CMS is required to secure a pool of contractors to devise and implement new processes for reviewing Medicaid provider billing practices, conducting audits, strategies to identify overpayments, and technical assistance to states and providers on Medicaid program integrity strategies and quality of care. The acting director of the CMS Medicaid Integrity Group, experts from state government and industry will discuss MIP implications including how MIP will affect current state Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse efforts.