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120 SW 10th Ave., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612-1597
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The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OIG) is charged with overseeing the Kansas Medicaid program (KanCare), the MediKan program, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

K.S.A. 75-7427(b)(1) states that the purpose of the OIG is: “to establish a full-time program of audit, investigation and performance review to provide increased accountability, integrity and oversight . . . and to assist in improving agency and program operations and in deterring and identifying fraud, waste, abuse and illegal acts.”

The same statute requires the Medicaid Inspector General to be “independent and free from political influence” in performing the duties of the position.

The OIG is an independent division of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. The Medicaid Inspector General reports directly to the Attorney General. In accordance with K.S.A. 75-7427(l), the scope, timing, and completion of all audits and investigations conducted by the OIG shall be within the discretion of the Medicaid Inspector General.

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The OIG has statewide jurisdiction to audit, review, or investigate any matter involving Medicaid, MediKan, and SCHIP. Matters involving provider fraud may be referred by OIG to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for further investigation and potential prosecution.

In 2007, Senate Bill 11 created the Office of Inspector General within the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA). The original statutory provisions contained in that bill remain virtually unchanged today.

In 2011, Executive Reorganization Order No. 38 abolished the KHPA and transferred all powers, duties, and functions of the KHPA to the Division of Health Care Finance within the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The OIG was transferred to KDHE as part of that Executive Reorganization Order.

In January 2014, the last Senate confirmed inspector general under KDHE left their position and the last OIG staff member left in November 2014. This began a period of the OIG being vacant until October 2018.

In 2017, Senate Bill 149 transferred the OMIG from KDHE to the attorney general’s office effective June 1, 2017. On October 9, 2018, the Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee voted to authorize Sarah Fertig, the attorney general’s first nominee for the Medicaid inspector general (IG) position, to exercise the powers of the office pending confirmation by the full Senate. Fertig was confirmed by the full Senate in January 2019.

Between January and June 2019, the OIG had one staff member, the Medicaid IG. The OIG hired an auditor in June 2019 and a data analyst in February 2020.

The OIG began the process of recruiting a new Medicaid IG in July 2020 due to the resignation of the former IG. In the interim, former Attorney General Derek Schmidt appointed Jay Scott Emler (former Deputy Attorney General/Chief Information Security Officer) to serve as the administrator for OIG.

Following Fertig’s resignation from the position in July 2020, former Attorney General Derek Schmidt nominated Steven Anderson to be the next Medicaid IG on January 21, 2021. On April 6, 2021, Anderson was confirmed as the new Medicaid IG by the full Senate. IG Anderson continues to serve as Medicaid inspector general.

Two auditors were hired, and began working for the OIG on June 13, 2022. They were a critical addition to the OIG’s ability to fulfill part of its core missions of auditing and performance reviews. Starting in July 2023, two full-time special agents and a financial analyst were hired by the OIG to conduct criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of Medicaid fraud.

NOTE: The OIG is not authorized to act as an attorney or private investigator and cannot directly assist in resolving individual complaints about the programs within the OIG's jurisdiction.