State settles for $484 after $2.8M demand
SANTA FE – Attorney Bryan Davis says he thought it was a typo.
The state Human Services Department had once accused his client of overbilling Medicaid and demanded $2.8 million back.
And then the state lowered its demand – to just $484.71.
The dramatic turnaround is the latest chapter in a four-year dispute that shook up New Mexico’s behavioral health network. It began in 2013 when the state Human Services Department cut off Medicaid and other funding to 15 providers, citing allegations of overbilling, mismanagement and possible fraud, as outlined in an audit.
One of the agencies accused was the Southwest Counseling Center in Las Cruces, a client of Davis, the attorney. The center served people struggling with drug addiction or other behavioral health problems.
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