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#10 HotspotCA

Los Angeles, CA

Flagged Providers
12
Suspicious Spending
$7.99B
Avg per Provider
$665.4M
National Rank
#10 of 32

Fraud Pattern Analysis

Los Angeles, CA ranks #10 among the 32 cities with the highest concentration of flagged Medicaid providers in the OpenMedicaid dataset. With 12 flagged providers billing a combined $7.99B 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 ($665.4M) is notably high, which may indicate large-scale billing schemes rather than isolated incidents.