More than $730 million in Medicaid-related and health-care fraud was recovered from entities and individuals who defrauded the Texas Medicaid system or were accused of doing so in fiscal year 2023, according to a newly released joint investigative report.
A Joint Interagency Coordination Report summarizes the collective efforts of investigators with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Office of Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) and Civil Medicaid Fraud Division (CMF).
Their objective is to detect and prevent fraud, waste and abuse in the Texas Medicaid program through audits and investigations, including responding to complaints. The OAG prosecutes the cases working with the OIG; both endeavor to recover taxpayer money.
Source: Over $730 million in Medicaid, health-care fraud recovered in fiscal 2023 / The Center Square