To enhance the integrity of the New York State Medicaid program by preventing and detecting fraudulent, abusive, and wasteful practices within the Medicaid program and recovering improperly expended Medicaid funds while promoting a high quality of patient care.
Overview
The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) is an independent entity created within the New York State Department of Health to promote and protect the integrity of the Medicaid program in New York State.
Health care fraud, waste, and abuse can involve physicians, pharmacists, beneficiaries, medical equipment companies, and transportation providers. In carrying out its mission, OMIG conducts and coordinates the investigation, detection, audit, and review of Medicaid providers and recipients to ensure they are complying with the laws and regulations.