A new bill proposed in the Florida legislature would give the state's attorney general power to investigate private managed care companies that administer Medicaid, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.
Managed care companies, which represent $2.4 billion of the state's Medicare budget, are currently investigated by the Florida Department of Financial Services' Division of Insurance Fraud, according to the report.
The bill, SB 8, would also create a task force within DFS that would advise the state's CFO on ways to combat fraud. The state's auditor general would be required to audit the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration's Medicaid fraud and abuse program under provisions in the bill, according to the report.
Read the Business Journal's report on the Florida Medicare fraud bill.