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TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Wayne R. Bryant and Joseph F. Vitale, which would establish the Office of Medicaid Inspector General to help fight insurance fraud, received final legislative approval today in the Senate, by a vote of 39 to 0.

“The $900 million that the state loses each year as a result of Medicaid insurance fraud an undue expense that taxpayers end up paying to help provide lower-income New Jerseyans with the health-care they need,” said Senator Bryant, D-Camden and Gloucester. “The Medicaid Inspector General would work to root out fraud and insurance abuse, and help ensure that the funding only goes to people who need it, not to those trying to defraud the State’s most vulnerable citizens.”

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Wayne R. Bryant and Joseph F. Vitale that would establish the Office of Medicaid Inspector General to help fight insurance fraud was approved today by the Assembly Appropriations Committee by a vote of 9-4.

“Each year New Jersey loses an estimated $900 million through insurance fraud,” said Senator Bryant, D-Camden and Gloucester. “This legislation would help abolish one known source of wasted funds and work to help the State use tax dollars more effectively.”

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Wayne R. Bryant and Joseph F. Vitale that would establish the Office of Medicaid of the Medicaid Inspector General to help fight insurance fraud was unanimously approved today by the Senate.

“Medicaid insurance fraud costs the State roughly $900 million each year,” said Senator Bryant, D-Camden and Gloucester. “The creation of the Medicaid Inspector General position would help the State to abolish one source of wasted funding, and allow us to use tax dollars more effectively.”

TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senator Wayne R. Bryant that would establish the Office of Medicaid Inspector General to help fight insurance fraud was unanimously approved today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.

“With the budget deadline rapidly approaching, the legislature is trying to find ways to cut spending and eliminate waste throughout the state. According to the federal Government Accountability Office, nearly $900 million in Medicaid funding is wasted each year through Medicaid fraud,” said Senator Bryant, D-Camden and Gloucester, who serves as Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations panel. “By creating the post of Medicaid Inspector General, we will be able to identify the people who are defrauding of the Medicaid system and siphoning off the hard earned tax dollars from working New Jerseyans.”