Lawmakers question Maine’s health department after federal audit

By: Eesha Pendharkar

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 16, 2026

Words: 654

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Members of a legislative oversight committee on Friday pressed the Maine Department of Health and Human Services over how it scrutinizes MaineCare reimbursements, focusing on a federal audit that found about $45 million in potentially improper payments to dozens of providers.

With a separate Medicaid fraud investigation into Portland-based health provider Gateway Community Services underway, Republican lawmakers have questioned the inadequacy of the state health department’s scrutiny of MaineCare reimbursements and the corrective process …

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