Over $1.1 Billion Recovered by State MFCUs in Fiscal Year 2006
July 31st, 2007
State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) recovered more than $1.1 billion in court-ordered restitution, fines, civil settlements, and penalties in fiscal year (FY) 2006, according to the Department of Health and Human Service Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) annual report on the program.
MFCUs also obtained 1,226 convictions and reported 676 instances in which civil actions were undertaken that resulted in successful outcomes, the OIG said.
MFCUs also were responsible for 731 of the 3,435 OIG exclusions from Medicare and Medicaid that year.
According to the report, MFCUs operate in 48 states and the District of Columbia and are charged with investigating and prosecuting Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse and neglect.
Read the OIG’s report.
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