In 2010, the U.S. recovered $1.85 billion through Medicaid fraud prosecutions alone–three times that collected in 2004.  This increase is largely due to a significant increase in funding to state Medicaid Fraud Control Units, who have received an additional $74.5 million.

Additional factors which contributed include the requirement that providers maintain electronic records for Medicare and Medicaid patients and efficacy standards for state Medicaid Fraud Control Units.  Furthermore, CMS has expanded the use of data analysis techniques routinely applied to Medicare to also ferret out Medicaid fraud.  Additionally, new requirements ensure that Medicaid contractors auditing claims report all suspected fraud to law enforcement agencies.

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