Cuomo Says Medicaid Fraud Collections Are Up
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Medicaid fraud collections through court actions grew to $112.5 million—nearly double the $59.4 million recovered in 2006.
He released a report today that can be viewed here .
Medicaid is the single largest piece of the state budget, totaling more than $40 billion, and is the largest part of county budgets too.
Cuomo said that $41.5 million in recoveries stemmed from cases involving home health care as part of Operation Home Alone that has led to 32 convictions and more than 80 defendants who have been charged in the investigation.
And more than $35 million came from settlements with more than 30 managed care organizations that submitted duplicate claims.
The report states that the Cuomo’s office:—Increased the staff of the Medicaid fraud unit.—Established Medicaid fraud partnerships with district attorneys
across the state.—Worked with New York City in filing a lawsuit against Merck & Co., Inc., for false marketing of the drug Vioxx.—Created a hotline (1-866-NYS-FIGHT) for New Yorkers to report Medicaid abuse.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
