What is the jurisdiction of a MFCU?
A Unit’s function is to conduct a statewide program for the investigation and prosecution of health care providers who defraud the Medicaid program. In addition, a Unit reviews complaints of abuse or neglect against patients in health care facilities receiving Medicaid funding and may review complaints of the misappropriation of patients’ private funds in these facilities. The Unit is also charged with investigating fraud in the administration of the Medicaid program. The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 authorizes the Units, with the approval of the Inspector General of the relevant federal agency, to investigate fraud in other federally-funded health care programs, if the case is primarily related to Medicaid. This section also authorizes the Units, on an optional basis, to investigate and prosecute resident abuse or neglect in non-Medicaid board and care facilities.
