Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her Medicaid Fraud Division has recovered more than $45 million for the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth) in federal fiscal year 2020 (Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2020). The AG’s Medicaid Fraud Division investigates and prosecutes those who defraud the MassHealth program. The Division is also responsible for reviewing complaints of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and financial exploitation of patients in long-term care facilities. The Division secured 27 civil settlements with various entities, including home health agencies, mental health centers, ambulance providers, and individual doctors and practices. An additional 11 providers and individuals were criminally charged for defrauding MassHealth and three individuals were criminally charged with abuse, neglect, or financial misappropriation in long-term care facilities.
