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LA#39 risk rank

Medicaid Fraud Risk Profile: Louisiana

Flagged Providers
7
5 statistical · 2 ML
Total Spending
$1.09B
Suspicious billing
Flags per 100K
0.15
Nat'l avg: 0.36
Spending per Capita
$238
Pop: 4.6M

Risk Assessment

Louisiana ranks #39 out of 51 states by flags per capita, with 0.15 flagged providers per 100,000 residentsbelow the national average of 0.36. Of 7 total flagged providers, 5 were identified through statistical analysis and 2 by machine learning models. Total suspicious spending amounts to $1.09B, translating to $238 per resident — within the national per-capita range.