What's New

• OMIG Investigators Collaborate with Law Enforcement and Government Agencies to Break Up Doctor-Led Oxycodone Distribution Ring in New York City

  Click here to read the press release. Click here to read the full complaint.
• The third OMIG Webinar on third-party payments, originally scheduled for August 18, is being postponed until after Labor Day. We will be making an announcement of the new official date and time soon. We will send out information to our listserv and to previous Webinar participants. The OMIG apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
• OMIG Compliance Webinar #2: Mandatory Reporting of Medicaid Overpayments Under the Obama Health Program
• OMIG Compliance Webinar #1: Addressing Excluded Persons in Medicaid Employment, Ordering and Contracting - Presentation Slides
• Medicaid Inspector General Jim Sheehan featured in June 2010 Governing magazine. Click here to read the article.
• Read Jim Sheehan's quotes in the June 2010 American Lawyer article by Amy Kolz. Click here to read the article.
• Read the recent Health Care Compliance Association interview with Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan
• NYS Medicaid Inspector General James G. Sheehan appeared on "The Capitol Pressroom" with Susan Arbetter on April 1, 2010. Click here to listen to the podcast

Press Room

• Medicaid Inspector General James G. Sheehan is featured in the June 2010 edition of Governing magazine. Click here to read the article.

• New York State Recovers Nearly $450,000 in Restitution As Result of Pharmacy Fraud

  Joint Investigation with FBI, OMIG, and NYC HRA Lead to Recovery. Click here to view the press release.
• Three Podiatrists and a Pharmacy Owner Arrested on Health Care Fraud Charges. Click here to view the press release.

• Office of the Medicaid Inspector General Posts Data on Governor's EmpireStat Page

  Click here to view the press release. Click here to view the report.
• New York State Medicaid Inspector General Announces Oversight Agreement with FORBA Dental Click here to view the press release.
• Medicaid Inspector General James G. Sheehan's appearance on WAMC's The Capitol Connection Medicaid Inspector General James G. Sheehan sits with Capitol Connection host Alan Chartock to discuss how to root out fraud in the state's Medicaid system.