A federal audit by the Department of Health and Human Services found the shocking amount had been paid to transport companies enrolled in the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) program, but rides “did not meet or may not have met Medicaid requirements.”
After a federal audit blasted New York’s Medicaid spending for Non Emergency Medical Transportation, Hochul renewed a statewide contract with the brokage at the center of it. The owner is a big Hochul donor, and even held a fundraiser for Hochul just two months before she renewed his contract.Darren McGee/ Office of Governor Kathy Hochul