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Lawmakers question hefty payments to Arizona providers (SF New Mex)

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Lawmakers question hefty payments to Arizona providers

Posted: Monday, June 30, 2014 10:30 pm | Updated: 7:36 am, Tue Jul 1, 2014.

Lawmakers question hefty payments to Arizona providers By Patrick Malone
The New Mexican SantaFeNewMexican.com | 7 comments

Last summer, Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration assured lawmakers the state would need no more than $17.85 million in emergency funds to help a handful of Arizona companies take over mental health services from 15 New Mexico providers that had been accused of fraud.

By the end of the year, the Arizona companies had billed the state nearly $24 million.

Now some lawmakers want a review of how the Arizona companies spent that money after documents obtained by The New Mexican show wide-open billing practices that were approved by the Human Services Department.

Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lawmakers-question-hefty-payments-to-arizona-providers/article_106b24ce-d2df-5c73-991d-1fd0aee82f54.html