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 State of Georgia Department of Law $13.453 million under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775) on October 1, 2025.

The award funds investigation and prosecution of Medicaid provider fraud, patient abuse, and patient neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings across Georgia. The Department of Law operates Georgia's designated Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, delivering victim services and maintaining Medicaid program integrity through criminal investigations and legal prosecutions of fraud and abuse allegations involving Medicaid beneficiaries.

Performance period runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with work performed in Georgia. Funds are distributed quarterly on a fiscal year basis (October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1). The Department of Law must retain all records for three years per 2 CFR 200.334 and is subject to periodic onsite reviews and annual re-certification by the Office of Inspector General.

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.