The Kansas City Star reports that Missouri led the country in 2008 in efficiency in using federal dollars to combat Medicaid fraud. "The state recovered almost $29.8 million in 2008, the most recent year for which comparative data are available, while receiving about $1.6 million in federal Medicaid fraud grants. That equates to $18.81 recovered for every dollar received - 43 cents better than the next-best state" (Noble, 1/12). The Kansas City Business Journal reports that "Idaho had the lowest return rate at 6 cents for every grant dollar" (1/12)...
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