The nation’s top Medicaid official has a message for Maine: the jig is up. CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz issued a pointed statement to The Maine Wire this week in response to reports that Paradise Residential Services LLC had become the latest multi-million dollar MaineCare scandal to unfold under the Mills Administration. “The allegations coming out of Maine are deeply disturbing and underscore exactly what we’ve been warning about — bad actors are exploiting gaps in oversight to game the Medicaid system,” Oz said. “When providers bill inflated rates while failing to deliver basic standards of care, it’s not just…
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