US Office of Medicaid Inspector General Oct 2012 Misuse (Q16705)
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US Office of Medicaid Inspector General Oct 2012 Misuse
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October 2012
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The New York state office that investigates Medicaid fraud has suspended one of its own workers after the individual allegedly sent 17,743 records of Medicaid beneficiaries to the employees personal e-mail account. See Also: 2015 Insider Threat Report The employee, whose name, gender and job title were not released, worked in the Office of Medicaid Inspector General, based in Albany, N.Y. That office is charged with fighting Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse, according to OMIGs website. OMIG discovered on Oct. 12, 2012 that the employee sent to a personal e-mail account thousands of records that may have contained names, date of birth, Medicaid client information number and some Social Security numbers of Medicaid recipients, says an OMIG spokeswoman. The employee is on administrative leav (English)
