WICS Live: Around the States

State Briefs. Colorado: $5.3 Million Recovered By AG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: The amount is the highest the state has recovered since the unit began keeping records in 1983 and possibly since the unit’s formation in 1978. The money comes from civil fraud cases and criminal restitution, with the bulk of the amount stemming from interstate settlements between large companies and the federal government, in conjunction with the states.

North Carolina: State Will Repay $300 Million In Incorrectly Charged Federal Funds: A database error in November 2008 to reflect FMAP changes incorrectly charged public hospital payments to the federal government instead of a state account. The state has made CMS aware of the error and reached a repayment plan for the federal government to recoup the funds.