Gov. Janet Mills said she expects President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold Medicaid funding from Maine even after state officials responded Friday to the federal government’s request for information on MaineCare by describing how the program operates within the law and properly investigates claims of fraud.
Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Sara Gagne-Holmes sent responses Friday to Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, which answered 33 questions Oz had sent the state in early February.
The questions came after a January report from a…
This type of fraud targets the supply chain and accounts payable departments of businesses.
- Invoice Manipulation: Criminals intercept a legitimate invoice between a supplier and a client and change the banking details to their own. The client pays the bill thinking they are paying their trusted vendor.
- Kickbacks and Bribery: A vendor secretly pays an employee of the purchasing company to ensure their bid is successful or to overlook inflated pricing.