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New Mexico settles with three BH providers following prior system upheaval
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31979
Subject(s) - medicaid , state (computer science) , payment , audit , business , forcing (mathematics) , political science , law , health care , finance , accounting , physics , algorithm , atmospheric sciences , computer science
Six years ago, 15 behavioral health organizations in New Mexico were upended and services disrupted following a state audit that accused providers of massive Medicaid fraud. The state suspended Medicaid payments to the providers, citing “credible allegations of fraud,” essentially forcing behavioral health organizations considered the largest in the state to curtail services, close operations or leave the state.