Maine halts Medicaid payments to Somali‑run provider amid fraud probe
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Maine’s Department of Health has suspended MaineCare payments to Gateway Community Services, a Portland health‑services company run by Somali‑born U.S. citizen Abdirahman Ali, after issuing a notice of violation based on what it calls 'credible allegations of fraud.' State officials say they will seek to claw back more than $1 million in 2021–22 payments, after records showed Gateway received $28.8 million in MaineCare funds since 2019 and nearly $700,000 in PPP loans, while a whistleblower alleges widespread billing abuses and House Oversight Chair James Comer has flagged the firm in a letter to the Treasury secretary amid broader concern over Somali‑linked fraud schemes.
Somalian Immigrants
Medicaid and Social Services Fraud
Maine State Government