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#13 HotspotMA

Boston, MA

Flagged Providers
10
Suspicious Spending
$4.28B
Avg per Provider
$427.7M
National Rank
#13 of 32

Fraud Pattern Analysis

Boston, MA ranks #13 among the 32 cities with the highest concentration of flagged Medicaid providers in the OpenMedicaid dataset. With 10 flagged providers billing a combined $4.28B in suspicious Medicaid charges, this city is near the national city average of 13 flagged providers. Suspicious spending here also exceeds the city average of $2.78B, suggesting a higher-than-typical fraud risk environment. The average suspicious spending per flagged provider ($427.7M) is notably high, which may indicate large-scale billing schemes rather than isolated incidents.