State auditors find widespread compliance failures in opioid treatment oversight

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 1,305

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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A recent state audit of 100 Medicaid claims over a two-year period by all five opioid treatment providers that billed Rhode Island Medicaid during that period found at least one problem with every single claim.

But the state agency that oversees these providers failed to flag these problems consistently, despite visiting facilities every other year, according to the Oct. 7 report by Rhode Island’s Office of the Auditor General. …

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