Auditor’s Office claws back $37.3M in wrongful billing targeting Montana’s Native communities

By: Keila Szpaller

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 502

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance James Brown said this week his office has clawed back $37.3 million of nearly $55 million in wrongful billing identified by his office.

The total includes an additional $14 million in stopped payments through the Affordable Care Act since January 2026, according to a news release from his office.

In January, the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Office announced it had helped stop a fraudulent multimillion dollar billing …

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