Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: Preventing Medicaid Fraud and Abuse

The Utah Attorney General's Office has an office dedicated to protecting the integrity of the Medicaid program. Working with federal agents, we take on fraud, waste, or abuse of the system. It's called the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit-or MFCU.

Every state has a MFCU, but Utah received the 2023 Inspector General's Award for Excellence, which is a huge feather in the cap of everyone who works in the office and to our guest, Kaye Lynn Wooten, its director. Listen to Kaye Lynn answer questions about how the MFCU does its job on behalf of victims and taxpayers.

To report fraud and/or abuse, visit the MFCU page on the Utah Attorney General's Website.

Read more about a recent case where a man was convicted of a 2nd-degree felony and sent to prison for financial abuse of a vulnerable adult-his mother.

Listen to the podcast here.