Legal pursuits continue: Nassau University Medical Center files claims again Nassau County Interim Finance Authority – LI Herald

Following the alleged discovery that New York state engaged in a decades-long Medicaid scam to deprive the largest safety-net hospital on Long Island of as much as $1 billion in aid, Nassau University Medical Center and its parent public benefit corporation, Nassau Health Care Corporation, have filed suit against the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, accusing the authority of gross negligence and abuses of power.

NIFA assumed financial oversight of NUMC in 2020, citing poor financial conditions while failing to acknowledge that the state's actions, including Medicaid fraud and reduced aid, caused these challenges, the hospital said in a Dec. 2 news release.

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