An Oregon lawmaker called Tuesday for state and federal investigations into possible Medicaid fraud and state oversight failures at a Lake Oswego addiction treatment center.
Rep. Ed Diehl, R-Stayton, cited reporting by Oregon Roundup , a Substack site run by Oregon-based writer Jeff Eager, that said an Oregon addiction recovery provider received more than $2.3 million in Medicaid reimbursements in less than a year to operate what Eager asserted was a halfway house that saw frequent police activity.
Diehl alleged the Lake Oswego halfway house was racked by crime and home to a person now charged with assault and attempted murder of a Washington woman.
According to public records Eager obtained , Uplifting Journey, LLC received $2,317,496 in Medicaid reimbursements between April 2024 a