Attorney General Pam Bondi was in Hialeah and Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday co-hosting media events on the national mortgage settlement, but she also had Medicaid on her mind.
Her office’s Medicaid fraud control unit is in the midst of a big hiring push. It’s looking to fill dozens of openings for analysts, auditors and accountants to dig through reams of data looking for suspicious bills that signal fraud. The bills are for services that were never provided, unnecessary procedures and unneeded medical equipment.
