NM Easter Seals El Mirador Appeals State’s Claim Of Medicaid Overbilling

Easter Seals El Mirador of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is asking a court to review the Human Services Department’s decision that the organization owes the state $127,240 for Medicaid overbillings. In June 2013, Governor Susana Martinez’s administration froze Medicaid payments to Easter Seals and 14 other mental health care providers across the state after a Boston auditing firm’s report cited as much as $36 million in potential Medicaid overbillings by the 15 agencies over three years. However, the Attorney General’s Office has twice cleared Easter Seals El Mirador of billing fraud. The Human Services Department . . .