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 $56.7 million for OMIG. This is a decrease of $9.9 million from the 2013-14 budget. The decrease primarily reflects realigning IT staff with the Office of Informational Technology Services (OITS) and a reduction in Federal funding.

The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 484 FTEs for the Agency. This is consistent with the 2013-14 workforce target.

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 2013-14	Appropriations Recommended 2014-15	Change From 2013-14	Reappropriations Recommended 2014-15
State Operations	66,534,000	56,665,000	(9,869,000)	0
Total	66,534,000	56,665,000	(9,869,000)	0

ALL FUND TYPES
PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT BY PROGRAM
FILLED ANNUAL SALARIED POSITIONS
Program	2013-14 Estimated FTEs 03/31/14	2014-15 Estimated FTEs 03/31/15	FTE Change
Medicaid Audit and Fraud Prevention
General Fund	242	242	0
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	242	242	0
Total	484	484	0

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/20/2014

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