Ahcccs News Today

Vulnerable Indigenous people trying to recover from drug dependence were targeted by bad actors.

Before being accused of helping to defraud AHCCCS out of millions of dollars, Ariell Dix had been convicted in Nevada on similar charges.

ATD Partners With AHCCCS to Offer New Learning Courses in 2024

Fraudsters fleeced "hundreds of millions" from Arizona Medicaid coffers but critics say the state overreacted.

Arizona's crackdown on massive Medicaid fraud hurt innocent people, according to critics who held a public protest.

The Maricopa County Community College District recently received a two-year funding stipend from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for $6.8 million to help address behavioral workforce shortages within

Medicaid paid parent caregivers of kids with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program may become permanent.

Arizona’s Medicaid program added 31 more providers, some Native American- owned and operated, to its list of fraudulent healthcare providers who participated in a multi-million dollar statewide Medicaid scam that targeted Native Americans. Native News Online reported in May that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced that more than 100 healthcare providers are under investigation for insurance fraud that targeted American Indians and scammed the state’s Medicaid program ...

A Mesa woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after authorities say she defrauded the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System — the state’s Medicaid agency — out of over $22 million.

The state has suspended payments to over 100 behavioral health group home and outpatient treatment providers believed to be engaging in Medicaid fraud – including six in Gilbert.