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 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Attorney General's Office, Mississippi $9.646 million 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.

The award funds the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to carry out investigations and prosecutions of provider fraud and beneficiary abuse or neglect across Mississippi through September 30, 2026. The grant period is one year, with funds distributed quarterly beginning October 1. The Attorney General's Office operates as a single identifiable state entity certified to comply with Social Security Act section 1903(q) and 42 CFR 1007 requirements governing unit location, function, and procedure. The office must submit an amended annual re-certification application 60 days prior to the end of each certification period and retain all records for three years. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General conduct periodic onsite reviews and annual re-certification reviews of state programs.

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.