Medicaid Inspector General, Office of the

Mission

The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) is charged with preserving the integrity of the Medicaid program by conducting and coordinating fraud, waste and abuse control activities for all State agencies responsible for services funded by the Medicaid program. In fulfilling this role, the Office conducts and supervises all prevention, detection, and investigation activities and makes recommendations to these agencies for improvement. In addition, the Medicaid Inspector General works closely with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Control Unit (MFCU) and Federal and local law enforcement officials.

Budget Highlights

The Executive Budget recommends $66.5 million for OMIG. This is a decrease of $8.3 million from the 2012-13 budget. The decrease primarily reflects annualization of staff attrition and other operational efficiencies.

The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 486 FTEs for the Agency. This is an increase of 10 FTEs from the 2012-13 budget. This increase will provide additional staffing resources to address mission critical needs.

For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:

Briefing Book – Health Care (PDF)

ALL FUNDS
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Category	Available 2012-13	Appropriations Recommended 2013-14	Change From 2012-13	Reappropriations Recommended 2013-14
State Operations	74,791,000	66,534,000	(8,257,000)	40,702,000
Total	74,791,000	66,534,000	(8,257,000)	40,702,000

ALL FUND TYPES
PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT BY PROGRAM
FILLED ANNUAL SALARIED POSITIONS
Program	2012-13 Estimated FTEs 03/31/13	2013-14 Estimated FTEs 03/31/14	FTE Change
Medicaid Audit and Fraud Prevention
General Fund	238	243	5
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	238	243	5
Total	476	486	10

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/22/2013

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