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Last Updated on Friday, 4 January 2008 11:35 Written by rslcpol Friday, 4 January 2008 11:35
RALEIGH: December 17, 2007 – North Carolina’s Medicaid fraud investigators recovered more than $20 million and investigated dozens of cases of fraud and patient abuse in 2007, Attorney General Roy Cooper said today.
“Medicaid cheaters drive up health costs and keep needy patients from getting care,” said Cooper. “We’ll continue our crackdown on fraud and abuse to protect patients and save taxpayers’ money.”
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They told me they were too busy