Nebraska Attorney General Bruning Announces $3 Million Medicaid Fraud Recovery in 2007

1-28-08 -- Lincoln, Neb. -- Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning today announced the recovery of more than $3 million by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). The unit investigated more than 80 cases of fraud and abuse in 2007. The MFCU also secured 10 criminal convictions last year for Medicaid fraud or theft from vulnerable adults.

“When providers steal from Medicaid, they’re stealing from Nebraskans,” said Bruning. “We’ll prosecute anyone who tries to get away with it.”

Who’s committing Medicaid fraud? According to MFCU records, most cases in 2007 involved mental health therapists, home health providers and dentists.

The unit also investigates physical or financial abuse of vulnerable adults who live in Medicaid funded facilities, like nursing homes.

The MFCU investigated over 300 cases and recovered more than $10 million since its creation in July of 2004. The recovered money goes back state and federal Medicaid programs and to the state’s school fund.

People who think a Medicaid provider is committing fraud should contact the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at 800-727-6432 or e-mail medicaid.fraud@nebraska.gov.

Source: Nebraska Attorney General

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