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 $28.75 million to Washington State's Attorney General, Office of the Financial Services Division on October 1, 2025, under the State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program (CFDA 93.775).

The funding supports investigation and prosecution of Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse or neglect in health facilities, board and care facilities, and non-institutional settings involving Medicaid beneficiaries. The recipient operates Washington State's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit as a single identifiable state entity certified and annually re-certified by the Office of Inspector General to comply with Social Security Act requirements. Work is performed in Washington State with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Funds are distributed quarterly on a fiscal year basis (October 1, January 1, April 1, and July 1) based on the approved annual budget. The State Medicaid Fraud Control Units program distributes funds to eligible states and territories—American Indian tribes are not eligible—based on detailed descriptions of estimated expenditures needed to support the program.

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.