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Boxes of donated goods sit on a table at a grassroots organization that helps unsheltered Indigenous community members displaced by AHCCCS's crackdown on fraud, which created further homelessness

AHCCCS alerted to ‘predictable’ homelessness surge before fraud crackdown

by Hannah Bassett December 28, 2023December 28, 2023

The embattled state agency at the center of Arizona’s ongoing behavioral health crisis knew its proposed billing reforms could trigger a surge in homelessness nearly a year before implementing the changes, yet failed to prepare accordingly. Though AHCCCS claims it worked to connect victims with ‘reputable’ housing, it arranged for just three facilities—all in the Phoenix area—to meet overwhelming statewide need.

images and flyers of missing indigenous people fill poster boards outside a grassroots organization that is working to help indigenous people affected by the arizona's response to medicaid fraud

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Patients, advocates describe ‘pure chaos’ in state response to AHCCCS fraud

by Hannah Bassett and Maria Polletta November 2, 2023December 15, 2023