Focus on fraud has AG girding for another lawsuit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : DiZoglio's Medicaid Audit Unit last week released a report identifying nearly $8.5 million in potential cost savings at MassHealth, based on probes into dental services, transportation services, durable medical equipment (DME) providers and inpatient maternity services.
54% : " During a television interview that aired Sunday, Campbell was asked whether a similar Medicaid funding freeze could unfold here.
53% : MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, accounts for nearly one-third of the budget.
44% : Federal health officials last week paused $259.5 million in quarterly Medicaid matching funds in Minnesota to "prevent payment of questionable claims while further investigation is completed."
33% : The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it may withhold up to $1 billion over the next year should Minnesota "fail to clean up its significant program integrity vulnerabilities or demonstrate that the expenditures are allowable.
23% : Attorney General Andrea Campbell says she's prepared to lodge yet another lawsuit against the federal government should the Trump administration's crackdown on Medicaid fraud in Minnesota shift focus to Massachusetts, where public benefits fraud is getting fresh attention.

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