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#3 HotspotNY

New York, NY

Flagged Providers
30
Suspicious Spending
$9.98B
Avg per Provider
$332.6M
National Rank
#3 of 32

Fraud Pattern Analysis

New York, NY ranks #3 among the 32 cities with the highest concentration of flagged Medicaid providers in the OpenMedicaid dataset. With 30 flagged providers billing a combined $9.98B 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 ($332.6M) is notably high, which may indicate large-scale billing schemes rather than isolated incidents.