Feds again condemn Riverview care, order Maine to repay $51 million

Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — A federal health care watchdog has again found fault with Maine’s treatment of people with acute mental illness at the Riverview Psychiatric Center, ordering that the state repay $51 million in federal aid.

Gov. Paul LePage announced Thursday that the state will appeal the decision, calling it a “financial tsunami.”

At issue is the decertification of Riverview by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2013. According to LePage, the federal government has notified the state that it is “disallowing” $51 million that has been drawn down for the state-run hospital in Augusta.

LePage said in a written statement that he has warned the Legislature to stop using the federal funding.

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