Medicaid Inspector General, Office of the
skip breadcrumbs| Category | Available 2008-09 |
Appropriations Recommended 2009-10 |
Change From 2008-09 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2009-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 94,350,000 | 92,745,000 | -1,605,000 | 50,610,000 |
| Total | 94,350,000 | 92,745,000 | -1,605,000 | 50,610,000 |
| Program | 2008-09 Estimated FTEs 03/31/09 |
2009-10 Estimated FTEs 03/31/10 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicaid Audit and Fraud Prevention | |||
| General Fund | 325 | 371 | 46 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 341 | 376 | 35 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 13 | 3 | -10 |
| Welfare Inspector General Program | |||
| General Fund | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 689 | 760 | 71 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 12/16/08.
Mission
The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) was statutorily established in 2006 - as an independent entity within the Department of Health - to improve and preserve the integrity of the Medicaid program by conducting and coordinating fraud, waste and abuse control activities for all State agencies responsible for services funded by Medicaid.
In carrying out its mission, the Office conducts and supervises all prevention, detection, audit and investigation efforts and coordinates such activities with the Department of Health, and the Office of Mental Health, Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. In addition, the Medicaid Inspector General works closely with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Control Unit (MFCU) and Federal and local law enforcement agencies.
Budget Highlights
The 2009-10 Executive Budget recommends $92.8 million All Funds ($35.2 million General Fund, $57.6 million Other Funds) to support the operations of the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. This is a decrease of $1.6 million ($0.3 million General Fund, $1.3 million Other Funds) from the 2008-09 Budget. This change reflects increased personal service costs associated with new positions offset by non-personal service efficiencies and the elimination of funding suballocated to the Department of Law.
Major budget actions include:
- Merger with the Office of the Welfare Inspector General: The Budget recommends the merger of the Office of the Welfare Inspector General (OWIG) with OMIG, and transfers 10 positions and funding from that Office for the prevention and investigation of welfare fraud and abuse.
- Department of Law Funding: The Budget eliminates $800,000 in funding suballocated to the Department of Law.
- Non-Personal Service Efficiencies: The Executive Budget saves $1.8 million by reducing certain contractual service expenditures and utilizing OMIG staff to perform those functions.
2009-10 Executive Budget — Agency Presentation
Medicaid Inspector General, Office of the (PDF)