Texas had the most Medicaid fraud dollars in 2022, with $219.9 million recovered from criminal and civil judgements.
Here’s how states stacked up in 2022:
1. Texas
$219.9 million
2. California
$108.5 million
3. Florida
$88.3 million
4. Louisiana
$86.4 million
5. Massachusetts
$71.3 million
6. New York
$58 million
7. Washington
$47.8 million
8. Arkansas
$42.6 million
9. North Carolina
$33.9 million
10. Pennsylvania
$31.6 million
11. Connecticut
$27.5 million
12. Michigan
$23 million
13. Virginia
$20.4 million
14. Indiana
$19.5 million
15. Nevada
$16.4 million
16.Kentucky
$15.4 million
17. Georgia
$14.6 million
18. Minnesota
$12.6 million
19. Illinois
$10.4 million
20. Ohio
$9.3 million
21. Arizona
$7.73 million
22. District of Columbia
$7.71 million
23. Wisconsin
$7.2 million
24. Oklahoma
$6.4 million
25. New Jersey
$6.3 million
26. Colorado
$5.9 million
27. Tennessee
$5.8 million
28. Missouri
$5.3 million
29. West Virginia
$5.1 million
30. South Carolina
$5 million
31. Mississippi
$4.9 million
32. Oregon
$4.5 million
33. Maryland
$4 million
34. New Mexico
$3.3 million
35. Iowa
$2.4 million
36. Alabama
$2.3 million
37. Kansas
$1.6 million
38. Utah
$1.52 million
39. Nebraska
$1.5 million
40. Delaware
$1.2 million
41. Wyoming
$1.1 million
42. Rhode Island
$922,764
43. South Dakota
$707,352
44. Maine
$688,592
45. Idaho
$654,423
46. Montana
$566,102
47. Vermont
$503,529
48. North Dakota
$490,240
49. New Hampshire
$396,472
50. Hawaii
$231,745
51. Alaska
$87,898
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