Medicaid fraud control unit - to investigate and prosecute medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities and board and care facilities and of medicaid…

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Colorado Attorney General's Department of Law $10,066,610 on October 1, 2025, under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775) to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board-and-care facilities, and non-institutional settings serving Medicaid beneficiaries.

The award funds Colorado's established Medicaid Fraud Control Unit through the period ending September 30, 2026, with quarterly distributions occurring on October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1. Performance occurs in Colorado. The funding supports the Unit's core investigative and prosecutorial mission protecting vulnerable populations from fraud and institutional abuse. The program requires annual re-certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the HHS Office of Inspector General, with onsite reviews conducted as appropriate. Colorado must retain all grant records for three years in accordance with 2 CFR 200.334.

Medicaid fraud control unit - to investigate and prosecute medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities and board and care facilities and of medicaid beneficiaries in non-institutional or other settings.