MEDICAID FRAUD UNIT RECOVERS $50 MILLION OVER FIVE YEAR PERIOD
March 4, 2014 — Over the past five years the Utah Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has recovered over $50 million dollars from providers who have fraudulently billed Medicaid. According to Robert Steed, director of MFCU, this extreme financial scheme is manifested in all areas of Medicaid and is not only taken from the general tax payer, but at times from individuals with sincere needs