Lawmakers question hefty payments to Arizona providers
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2014 10:30 pm | Updated: 7:36 am, Tue Jul 1, 2014.
Last summer, Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration assured lawmakers the state would need no more than $17.85 million in emergency funds to help a handful of Arizona companies take over mental health services from 15 New Mexico providers that had been accused of fraud.
By the end of the year, the Arizona companies had billed the state nearly $24 million.
Now some lawmakers want a review of how the Arizona companies spent that money after documents obtained by The New Mexican show wide-open billing practices that were approved by the Human Services Department.
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