Prosecutors: Colorado medical transportation businesses invoiced Medicaid for family trips, dead person

Two Colorado business owners have been separately charged for fraudulently billing the federal government's Medicaid program.

Colorado holds off on capping pay for home caregivers — for now

If lawmakers determine they have to cap caregivers’ paid hours, they’ll need to give families ample notice so they can start preparing, said Sen. Judy Amabile, a Boulder Democrat.

Two Colorado Medicaid transporters indicted over millions in alleged fraud

Two Colorado residents have been indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for allegedly defrauding the state's Medicaid program ...

Douglas County woman billed Medicaid for patient who already died, federal officials allege

Federal officials unveiled a slew of charges Tuesday against two Coloradans accused of ripping off a program that provides ...
The Colorado Sun

Hours of tearful testimony result in pause to some Medicaid cuts for Coloradans with disabilities

The cuts would have capped hours and lowered rates for parents caring for adults and children with severe disabilities ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado required to share personal Medicaid data with federal government, which can be used by immigration authorities

The move scrambles Colorado’s healthcare landscape, amplifying fear for immigrants and institutions providing care.
KUNC

Colorado forced to share personal Medicaid data with federal government, including ICE

The move scrambles Colorado’s healthcare landscape, amplifying fear for immigrants and institutions providing care.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Mesa County woman facing medicaid fraud charges

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announce that ...
KREX Grand Junction on MSN

Mesa County woman accused of defrauding over $1 million from Medicaid program

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — A Mesa County woman has been federally charged for allegedly defrauding Medicaid’s Non-Emergent Medical Transportation (NEMT) program of over a million dollars. On Tuesday, ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

For years, Colorado Medicaid mistakenly paid a program’s providers several times too much — costing millions

In November, Colorado Medicaid officials corrected a mistake. Five years earlier, they’d told contracted transportation providers in metro Denver to bill the state as if the providers were specialty ...
Daily Camera

Colorado Medicaid driver fraud cost $25 million — and state blocked payments worth nearly as much, officials say

A Medicaid fraud scheme targeting a free transportation program that shuttled patients to medical appointments cost an estimated $25 million, the state’s Medicaid authority revealed Tuesday, more than ...