The mission of the OMIG is to identify fraud and waste in the Medicaid system. However, the authorizing legislation for the OMIG lacked provisions necessary to ensure fairness and procedural clarity. Over the years, OMIG audits have resulted in uneven impact upon provider agencies when technical or human errors occur, when contradictory state guidance creates...Continue Reading

The mission of the OMIG is to identify fraud and waste in the Medicaid system. However, the authorizing legislation for the OMIG lacked provisions necessary to ensure fairness and procedural clarity. Over the years, OMIG audits have resulted in uneven impact upon provider agencies when technical or human errors occur, when contradictory state guidance creates...Continue Reading

The mission of the OMIG is to identify fraud and waste in the Medicaid system. However, the authorizing legislation for the OMIG lacked provisions necessary to ensure fairness and procedural clarity. Over the years, OMIG audits have resulted in uneven impact upon provider agencies when technical or human errors occur, when contradictory state guidance creates...Continue Reading

South Salem, NY – New York State Senator Pete Harckham and more than a dozen behavioral health professionals and advocates met via a virtual conference yesterday to discuss the serious challenges that Substance Use Disorder treatment programs are facing while the novel coronavirus pandemic continues.Continue Reading

(New York, New York – July 17, 2019) The Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates of New York State (COMPA) today announced that seven of its member Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) at 12 locations are participating in a study which integrates the treatment of substance abuse and hepatitis C virus (HCV) with the goal...Continue Reading