AG Hill joins 37 other attorneys general in requesting expansion of Medicaid fraud authority

Attorney General Curtis Hill today announced that he has joined attorneys general from 36 other states and Washington D.C. in urging the U.S. government to to allow the use of federal funds provided to the states’ Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) to investigate and prosecute a broader range of abuse and neglect cases.  

General Hill and the 37 other attorneys general signed a letter addressed to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Tom Price requesting more authority at the state level. The attorneys general request the use of federal funds provided to their respective MFCU units to detect, investigate and prosecute abuse and neglect cases, including those that happen in non-institutional settings such as home healthcare.The letter calls the current restrictions at the state level outdated and requests greater flexibility for states’ use of Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) assets.