A migrant re-settlement NGO in Maine over-billed Medicaid for millions and does not appear to be paying back taxpayers.
— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) May 28, 2024
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Audit results acquired by The Maine Wire have revealed that the taxpayer funded migrant resettlement non-profit Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS) has overcharged MaineCare by more than a million dollars in recent years.
Audits conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Program Integrity (PI) division reveal that the Lewiston-based MEIRS has been overcharging MainCare since at least 2013.
The audits show that MEIRS was charging MaineCare for various, non-eligible expenses, including more than $80 for bringing an immigrant to McDonalds for “a snack,” ferrying immigrants to and from doctor’s appointments, and driving one to a parent meeting at a school.
PI discovered that, between 2013 and 2016, MEIRS overcharged MaineCare by $17,996.
MEIRS was apparently unperturbed by the PI findings, because it significantly increased its overcharging practices in subsequent years, billing taxpayers for more than a million dollars between 2015 and 2017, according to the audit.
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