Then-Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen and his co-defendant Lynwood Jennet in 2019 were accused of stealing from AHCCCS and of forging documents to help pregnant women from the Marshall ...

A San Tan Valley woman recently indicted for fraudulently billing nearly $70 million to Arizona's Medicaid program is accused of using a portion of the funds to buy a health care center in Pinal ...

Officials: Maricopa County Assessor Paul D. Petersen indicted in adoption fraud scheme. Court records show that when women were ready to give birth, they were assisted in applying for AHCCCS benefits.

As of Aug. 1, nearly 250 providers have had their payments suspended by AHCCCS since 2019. That number continues to grow as the agency investigates fraud claims. Court documents and county records ...

A Chandler couple has been arrested, according to the United States Attorney's Office, for allegedly defrauding Arizona's Medicaid agency and lying in their applications for COVID-19 Pandemic ...

The distribution of people covered by AHCCCS varies according to the area of Arizona where they live, a recent state analysis shows. ... District 9, Rep. Paul Gosar (Republican, yes): 211,356; ...

AHCCCS, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, provides service to more than two million Arizonans. Nearly 800,000 are children under 18. More than 125,000 are over 65.

The program, called AHCCCS Works, can’t start before Jan. 1, 2020. Members will get three months to become familiar with the system.

PHOENIX (KSAZ) - Prosecutors are giving more details into the alleged scheme that allowed a former state employee to steal money from AHCCCS. Investigators say 35-year-old Michael Veit and an ...