The state of New Mexico spent nearly $24 million on the abrupt transition to Arizona companies that were chosen to replace 15 New Mexico providers of behavioral health services suspected of fraud, some of which have been cleared, state records show.

Gov. Susana Martinezs administration ousted the New Mexico companies last year after an audit by Public Consulting Group turned up $36 million in suspected Medicaid overbilling and whistleblowers accused the providers of billing improprieties. But an investigation by the New Mexico Attorney Generals Office has found no evidence of fraud by the two providers it has reviewed so far.

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