Medicaid

18,000 Iowans will be allowed to get checkups closer to home

May 03, 2007 -- (DES MOINES)— Today, Iowa Governor Chet Culver announced that regular physical checkups will soon be available for adults covered by Medicaid and a Medicaid expansion program known as IowaCare in Iowa. This change in policy will allow 18,000 Iowans to get physical checkups closer to home. Children are already covered.    » read more »

May 3, 2007 -- Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Siddi Jon, 48, of the 8900 block of Greens Lane in Randallstown was indicted by a Baltimore County grand jury with 18 counts of felony Medicaid fraud and felony theft.    » read more »

New legislation will enable Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to recover greater damages

May 2, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today praised the Florida House and Senate for the passage of an important piece of legislation which, when signed into law, will mirror the Federal False Claims Act. The False Claims Act allows the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to recover triple damages in civil lawsuits against those who commit Medicaid Fraud.    » read more »

April 2, 2007: (Baton Rouge, LA) — Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced today that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has arrested five individuals in an alleged scheme to defraud the Louisiana Medicaid Program.

According to MFCU Special Agents, Kendall Williams, 1733 Blanchet Drive, was arrested on March 30, 2007 on seven counts of Medicaid Fraud and 29 counts of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records. Williams is the former owner/president of Fresh Start, Inc., a mental health rehabilitation provider, that closed its office in November 2006.    » read more »

April 25, 2007 -- Las Vegas – Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced today that Las Vegan Vanxay Rasasak, age 67, was sentenced for Medicaid Fraud. The case was investigated and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). MFCU Director, Tim Terry, said the investigations began in 2006, as a result of a citizen’s complaint. Medicaid has a personal care aid program to keep people living independently in their own homes by providing basic services, including bathing, dressing, cleaning and meal preparation.    » read more »

April 26, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Miami-Dade husband and wife were arrested on charges they defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $200,000. Steven Stuart Sanford and Michelle Hoyer-Sanford, both licensed occupational therapists, own and operate a company which provides physical, occupational and speech therapy to children.    » read more »

April 24, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the arrest of a South Florida mental health case manager on charges that he defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $2,000. Hector Payares allegedly billed the Medicaid program for treatment provided to a Medicaid recipient even though the woman had been deceased for nearly two months.    » read more »

Report Is the First to Examine What Happened to People Affected by the Largest Public Program Cuts in History

Washington, D.C. – Today, Families USA released a report that examines the tragic consequences of Tennessee’s massive cuts to the state’s (TennCare) Medicaid program. The report chronicles the lives and experiences of actual people who lost their coverage entirely or who saw a dramatic reduction in crucial services and benefits.    » read more »

April 20, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that an Ocean County residential health care facility owner/operator was sentenced today for illegally receiving more than $88,000 in a pharmacy “kickback” scam.    » read more »

Company may have defrauded Medicaid program out of $1 million

April 20, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced his office has filed suit against a Pinellas County medical services provider for submitting false claims to the Florida Medicaid program. Gift of Life Community Services, Inc., a company specializing in mental health-targeted case management services, is being sued under the False Claims Act and could face damages of more than $3 million.    » read more »

New Report Ranks State Programs and Highlights Disparities in Services and Eligibility

April 18, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – State Medicaid programs have severe deficiencies and suffer from a great disparity of coverage and eligibility from state to state, according to report released today by Public Citizen. The report concludes that the federal Medicaid program, which provides health care coverage to 55 million mostly low-income Americans, is failing to deliver adequate services to millions of people because of differing state eligibility requirements, benefits and performance.    » read more »

This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965, in Independence, MO. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program for the poor.    » read more »