In Wisconsin
In its Biennial
Report, the nonpartisan Legislative
Audit Bureau notes scores of cases of waste, fraud and abuse in state
government.
The bureau’s Fraud, Waste,
and Mismanagement Hotline received 162 tips between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31,
2012 — 112 of those related to waste or malfeasance specific to state agencies
or programs.
The toll-free line
(877-FRAUD-17), which launched in 2008, has taken hundreds of calls, and the
bureau says it has addressed more than 470 hotline reports of waste, fraud and
mismanagement. Agency officials say those calls have led to wider investigations,
such as the Audit Bureau’s investigation into FoodShare fraud.
About $32.9 million of the
$1.1 billion in FoodShare expenditures, or 3 percent, was made out of state.
“We also identified 332
instances in which a FoodShare card was used to make a purchase on the same day
that the card’s account number was entered manually to make a purchase in a
noncontinguous state,” the Audit Bureau report states, denoting a wider net of
fraud.
The state Office
of the Inspector General, within the state Department of Health Services,
launched its Fraud Hotline (1-877-865-3432) in fall 2011. Inspector General Alan
White said the hotline continues to take some 200 complaint calls per month.
OIG investigates fraud tips
involving:
- Billing Medicaid for services/equipment not
provided
- Filing a false application for a DHS-funded
assistance program such as Medicaid, BadgerCare Plus, WIC or FoodShare
- Trafficking in FoodShare benefits
- Crime/misconduct/mismanagement by a DHS
employee/official or contractor
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