#19 HotspotNM
Albuquerque, NM
Flagged Providers
9
Suspicious Spending
$1.95B
Avg per Provider
$216.6M
National Rank
#19 of 32
Fraud Pattern Analysis
Albuquerque, NM ranks #19 among the 32 cities with the highest concentration of flagged Medicaid providers in the OpenMedicaid dataset. With 9 flagged providers billing a combined $1.95B in suspicious Medicaid charges, this city is near the national city average of 13 flagged providers. The average suspicious spending per flagged provider ($216.6M) is notably high, which may indicate large-scale billing schemes rather than isolated incidents.