Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., a member of the House Oversight Committee and DOGE task force, is urging Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate whether New York state is defrauding Medicaid with a “large financial scheme” involving matching payments for hospitals.
“Recent evidence suggests that for nearly two decades, the State of New York has deprived Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) of more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds,” Burlison wrote in a letter to America’s top two law enforcement officials on Thursday.
“The state stands accused of violating federal Medicaid law and intentionally breaching contracts with the federal government, specifically in relation to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program,” he added.
The allegations that New York might be cheating Medicaid first surfaced a few months ago in civil litigation and in a New York Post column. Since then, Gov. Kathy Huchul’s administration has denied wrongdoing, with a spokesperson alleging they are “false claims.”
