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 $6,531,470 to Connecticut's Division of Criminal Justice on October 1, 2025, under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775) to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings affecting Medicaid beneficiaries.

The recipient, the Division of Criminal Justice operating as the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, is Connecticut's independent state agency responsible for criminal prosecution across the state's thirteen judicial districts. The award obligates $6,531,470 for the period of performance October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Connecticut.

The program distributes formula grant funds to states on a quarterly basis (October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1) based on approved annual budgets and entitlement limitations. States must maintain established Medicaid Fraud Control Units as single identifiable government entities certified by the Secretary and annually re-certified by the Office of Inspector General. Records must be retained for three years in accordance with 2 CFR 200.334. The assistance type is a formula grant.

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.