Letitia James hammered after NY Medicaid fraud unit funding frozen over ineffective enforcement

The federal Department of Health and Human Services suspended federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The suspension cited 53 fraud convictions over a three-year period. Letitia James, New York's Attorney General, oversees the unit. HHS did not specify when funding would be restored or what conditions would need to be met for reinstatement.

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