ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A redacted version of an audit that led to the shake-up of behavioral health services for needy New Mexicans is now public.
State Attorney General Hector Balderas released the audit during a news conference in Albuquerque, saying the state needs to do a better job of ferreting out fraud without disrupting services that citizens depend on.
He says he's making changes in the way the attorney general's office investigates such matters.
Balderas began his first term as AG at the beginning of the year. The previous attorney general, Gary King, declined to release the audit because it was part of an ongoing investigation.
The 355-page audit spurred allegations that state Medicaid funding was mishandled by the nonprofit providers. That prompted Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's administration to freeze payments while the attorney general's office investigated.