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 Utah Office Of $11.361 million 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 of Medicaid beneficiaries in non-institutional or other settings. The award covers the period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in Utah. Award funds are distributed quarterly on a fiscal year basis. The program is open to States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories. Each established State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit must be a single identifiable entity of State government certified by the Secretary and annually re-certified by the Office of Inspector General as complying with requirements regarding location, function, and procedure under 42 CFR 1007. Grant periods are one year in length, and all 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.