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| Hector Balderas |
The New
Mexico State Auditor is taking legal action against Gov. Susana Martinez’s
administration after being denied the ability to review an audit commissioned
by the NM Dept. of Health and Human Services.
The audit claims mental health
providers around the state defrauded Medicaid by overcharging to the tune of
$36 million. NM State Auditor Hector Balderas asked to review the
findings, but Cabinet Secretary Sidonie Squier, NM Dept. of Human Services,
denied Balderas.
Eyewitness News 4 asked Gov. Martinez why the administration
refuses to provide the audit to the State Auditor. She replied "the
state auditor himself doesn't do audits."
Santa Fe District Court judge
Sarah Singleton signed off on a court order filed by Balderas’ office to force
Squier to release the documents by Monday morning at 10 a.m.
Squier
didn’t comply with the court order.
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