{"id":8522,"date":"2016-04-08T12:46:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8522"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:08","slug":"the-line-all-15-behavioral-health-providers-cleared-of-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-all-15-behavioral-health-providers-cleared-of-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: All 15 Behavioral Health Providers Cleared of Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 8, 2016 \u2013 An almost three-year investigation ended when Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that the last two of fifteen behavioral health providers had been cleared of Medicaid fraud.  The AG\u2019s office found some regulatory violations, but no evidence of criminal activity in any of the providers \u2013 yet many of them went out of business under the allegations. In hindsight, was there a better way to handle the situation? The Line panelists discuss the continuing fall-out over New Mexico\u2019s behavioral health shake-up.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDEbji1eUBU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Line Panelists:<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong>Janice Arnold-Jones, former state lawmaker<br \/>\nRussell Contreras, Associated Press reporter<br \/>\nTom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nMarsha Garcia, Strategies 360<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 8, 2016 \u2013 An almost three-year investigation ended when Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that the last two of fifteen behavioral health providers had been cleared of Medicaid fraud. 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