UPDATED 11:52 AM EST, December 31, 2012
The Louisiana State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit was kept busy between fiscal years 2009 and 2011.
A Health and Human Services Department Office of Inspector General review of the fraud control group found they had recovered $95 million, obtained 192 convictions and 86 civil judgments or settlements and received 1,043 referrals for other cases.
The IG report also said that the unit did not properly report its income in fiscal year 2010 and 2011. However it was a paperwork problem, and the unit had no problem with control of its finances, investigators said.
