Spitzer taps Medicaid “inspector general”
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- April
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Governor Eliot Spitzer has nominated James G. Sheehan, currently an associate U.S. Attorney in Pennsylvania, to serve as New York State Medicaid Inspector General. The job involves overseeing fraud and abuse investigations and enforcement actions in New York’s $50 billion Medicaid program.
According to Spitzer, Sheehan has been with the U.S. Attorney’s office since 1980 and, while serving in Philadelphia, “personally handled over 500 health care fraud matters, as well as managed all civil litigation for the federal Eastern District of Pennsylvania.” That includes the government case against Medco Health Solutions “which resulted in the recovery of over $155 million, Spitzer said. Another case, United States v. SmithKline Beecham Clinical Labs, resulted in a $332 million recovery
for the United States, according to the governor’s office.
Sheehan “comes to New York State through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act program” which “maintains salary and benefits for participating staff, with any difference paid through the originating agency.” His state salary will be $136,000, with $9,300 more to be paid by the U.S. Department of Justice to maintain Sheehan’s current pay level.
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