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 Oregon Department of Justice $12.261 million through the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775) on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2026.

The award funds investigation and prosecution of Medicaid provider fraud as well as patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings where Medicaid beneficiaries receive services. Performance occurs in Oregon. The award is a formula grant based on the state's detailed description of estimated expenditures, distributed quarterly (October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1) on a fiscal year basis. The Oregon Department of Justice operates this unit as a single identifiable state government entity certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and subject to annual re-certification by the Office of Inspector General. The department maintains records for three years per 2 CFR 200.334 and undergoes periodic onsite reviews and annual re-certification reviews by OIG.

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.