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Attorney General: hundreds charged in Medicaid‑behavioral health investigations, large forfeitures recovered
Summary
The Arizona Attorney General's Medicaid fraud unit told the committee it has opened and prosecuted numerous criminal cases linked to behavioral‑health billing schemes, seized substantial assets and obtained forfeitures to return funds to taxpayers.
Nick Klingerman, head of the Attorney General's criminal division, told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that the AG's Medicaid fraud unit has pursued a large national‑scale fraud network tied to behavioral health billing.
Klingerman said the office prosecutes criminal misconduct and works with federal partners and local law enforcement. "We are the only statewide, prosecuting entity in Arizona," he said, describing the state unit's role as a Medicaid fraud control unit under federal arrangements.
What the AG described
Klingerman said the office has opened scores of criminal matters related to behavioral health billing and patient brokering. He told the committee…
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