Identifying Fraud is Not Always Easy: Analyzing State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Reports

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a data chart offering fiscal year (FY) 2014 statistical data for the Medicaid Fraud Control Units. For those of you unfamiliar with Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU), the MFCUs are: single identifiable entities of State government that conduct a Statewide…