Governor Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the state suspended payments to more than 100 health care providers. MORE ⬇️
The son of a constituent of State Representative Mae Peshlikai was one of them. Peshlikai recounted a conversation she had with his mother.
"We have credible reason to believe they have defrauded the state medical program out of 100's of millions of dollars," Governor Katie Hobbs said. "The Medicaid fraud became so rampant that some of the scammers didn't bill AHCCCS for people they were in contact with," Attorney General Kris Mayes said."They simply purchased lists of names and date of births of people and used those to bill AHCCCS."
According to Attorney General Mayes, despite warnings from AHCCCHS' Inspector General, the level of questionable billings grew exponentially. The Attorney General says 45 indictments have been returned and more than $75 million has been seized or recovered. Earlier this month, the Attorney General's Office sent target letters to more than 100 companies alerting them that they are targets in a criminal investigation.
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