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 North Dakota Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation $3,428,640 on October 1, 2025, under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775).

The award funds investigation and prosecution of Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings serving Medicaid beneficiaries. The recipient operates as a single identifiable entity of the North Dakota state government certified to comply with Social Security Act requirements for location, function, and procedure.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in North Dakota. The program distributes funds quarterly (October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1) based on the recipient's approved annual budget. The Office of Inspector General performs annual re-certification reviews of the unit and periodic onsite reviews as appropriate. Records must be retained 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.