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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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. 
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