With federal prosecutors pledging that anti-fraud investigations will lead to results soon, state health and human services officials are adding more staff to those who are already guarding against public benefit fraud in anticipation of an increase in federal audits.
“We just expect that the amount of audits and requests that we’re going to get is probably going to double to triple over the next few months,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kiame Mahaniah told lawmakers at a budget hearing in Clinton on Friday.
Warren Republican Rep. Todd Smola asked fraud-related questions during the Ways and Means Committee hearing, referring to a recently-established Task Force to Eliminate Fraud led by Vice President JD Vance…