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#1 HotspotNY

Brooklyn, NY

Flagged Providers
64
Suspicious Spending
$13.69B
Avg per Provider
$213.9M
National Rank
#1 of 32

Fraud Pattern Analysis

Brooklyn, NY ranks #1 among the 32 cities with the highest concentration of flagged Medicaid providers in the OpenMedicaid dataset. With 64 flagged providers billing a combined $13.69B in suspicious Medicaid charges, this city is significantly above 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 ($213.9M) is notably high, which may indicate large-scale billing schemes rather than isolated incidents.