Medicaid Fraud Settlements On The Rise
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that $263 million was recovered by the state in 2008 through Medicaid fraud cases, the most in recent years.
The office’s Medicaid Control Fraud Unit got about 150 convictions in 2008, the most in five years. The payments to the state surpasses the $113.8 million in 2007 and $59.3 million in 2006, Cuomo said.
Investigations into the home-health industry netted civil settlements with certified home health agencies, totaling $27.7 million.
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