ALBANY – Federal investigators are probing Gov. Kathy Hochul’s troubled consolidation of a popular $9 billion Medicaid homecare program, The Post has learned.
The US Department of Justice has interviewed officials from Public Partnerships, LLC, the firm hand-picked by the state Department of Health to handle “middleman” payroll services for the consumer directed personal assistance program, or CDPAP.
“They have been very active over the last couple months in investigating the transition and the various concerns that have been raised related to it,” a source who has had direct contact with investigators said.
“They are devoting significant resources to the investigation with an eye towards potential criminal or civil actions at the conclusion of the investigation,” the source added, noting that the investigators on the case are career professionals from the agency’s consumer protection division…