Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content

Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs)

Metadata Updated: August 11, 2025

Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU or Unit) investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud as well as patient abuse and neglect in health care facilities. OIG certifies, and annually recertifies, each MFCU. OIG collects information about MFCU operations and assesses whether they comply with statutes, regulations, and OIG policy. OIG also analyzes MFCU performance based on 12 published performance standards and recommends program improvements where appropriate.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date August 11, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date August 11, 2025
Publisher Department of Health & Human Services
Maintainer
Identifier b4a62bb8-24ad-4da3-9ac4-81b41aa9105a
Data First Published 2012-05-30
Data Last Modified 2023-07-25
Category State
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 009:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Harvest Object Id a49bbc55-0774-4a5c-851a-238275a3fb02
Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/dataset/medicaid-fraud-control-units-mfcu-annual-spending-and-performance-statistics-0
License https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
Program Code 009:076
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash d65432c81ed5df581d46c4b760b37860700aac688d6a30a5e311c3d76e12b04f
Source Schema Version 1.1

Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.