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Greene promises new war on Medicaid fraud
Jan 25, 2011 6:49 am

The new board, approved last week, will meet a minimum of twice a year to review the work of the county’s health care providers, the Greene County Center for Behavioral Wellness and Greene County Public Health Nursing Service. Legislator Joseph Izzo, R-Catskill, will chair the county’s compliance board, which will constitute members of the legislature’s health committee: Legislators William Lawrence, R-Cairo, Kevin Lewis, R-Greenville, Chris Pfister, D-Athens, and Sean Frey, D-Durham.
Locally, Greene County pays $153,049 each week to New York State for Medicaid treatments, said Greene County Department of Social Services Commissioner Kira Pospesel. That weekly payment is expected to climb to $157,931 beginning in March 2011, she said, and will escalate further after federal aid disappears.
Most Medicaid "fraud," state officials say, can actually be attributed to bookkeeping errors and other things.