Political Potpourri: Recchia Probes Schools, Medicaid Payments
What does the city schools system have with to do with Medicaid, the government-funded health care program? Actually, plenty, according to Bensonhurst Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr., who said the New York City Department of Education (DOE) is supposed to receive reimbursements from the federal government in connection to special education students.
There are concerns, however, that the DOE has failed to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid reimbursements since 2005, Recchia said.
On March 1, the Council’s Finance Committee, chaired by Recchia, and the Council’s Education Committee, headed by Robert Jackson, held a joint hearing to address the concerns.