Exclusive | Inside New York’s medical fraud capital where often empty senior centers bill Medicaid $100M-a-year for patients

Nypost · Aug 03, 2026 · 1190 words · By Chadwick Moore

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What happened

Inside New York’s medical fraud capital where often empty senior centers bill Medicaid $100M-a-year for patients See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google The vibrant, east Asian immigrant enclave of Flushing may be New York’s medical fraud capital.

Common ground

A one-mile radius of the neighborhood boasts 77 Social Adult Daycares (SADCs), which bill Medicaid over $100 million a year, accounting for 14 percent of all daycare spending in the state, a Post investigation reveals.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that According to city and federal data, Flushing’s SADCs billed a total of $733M from 2018-2024?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “According to city and federal data, Flushing’s SADCs billed a total of $733M from 2018-2024”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to corroborate the total billing figure of $733 million for Flushing's SADCs from 2018-2024.

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Claim 2: “Merry Adult Day Care on 35th Avenue billed $25M from 31,500 patients during the six-year period [2018-2024]”

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The claim regarding Merry Adult Day Care billing $25M for 31,500 patients is mentioned in one specific report (IBTimes UK), but other search results for 'Merry Adult Day Care' returned irrelevant results (songs, TV shows).

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Claim 3: “Kang Hua on Main Street billed $22 million for 25,800 unique patients”

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The specific billing figures for Kang Hua ($22 million for 25,800 patients) are reported in the IBTimes UK article, but no other independent source corroborates these specific numbers.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kang Hua on Main Street billed $22 million for 25,800 patients, Greater New York Social and Health billed $28 million for 32,500 patients, Evergreen Adult Day Care took in $32 million for 57,500 patie…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/flushing-medicaid-daycare-scandal-…

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web search NEUTRAL — More Maine residents are now eligible for Medicaid health insurance, also...
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Claim 4: “Sunrise Senior Service billed a whopping $45 million for 56,800 patients”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to corroborate the specific billing figures for Sunrise Senior Service, although it is mentioned in one snippet without the full context of the claim's specific numbers being verified across sources.

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Claim 5: “Bao Kang Adult Day Care on Blossom Avenue billed $32 million to Medicaid for serving 43,900 unique patients during the same years [2018-2024].”

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Multiple sources confirm Bao Kang Adult Day Care billed approximately $32 million for 43,900 patients during the 2018-2024 period.

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web search NEUTRAL — Bao Kang Adult Day Care on Blossom Avenue told a similar story. The centre billed about $32 million over the same period and was associated with 43,900 patients in federal records.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/flushing-medicaid-daycare-scandal-…

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Claim 6: “a federal bust in February saw two men charged with ripping off $120 million over 10 years from Medicaid using two SADCs they owned”

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Multiple sources report that in February, the DOJ/federal authorities charged two men for defrauding Medicaid of approximately $120 million over 10 years using daycare/pharmacy schemes.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partner…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by…
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Claim 7: “Livingwell Day Care on Northern Boulevard billed Medicaid $27 million from 2018-2024 and had over 26,500 patients, according to federal data.”

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Three independent sources confirm Livingwell Day Care billed approximately $27 million for over 26,500 patients between 2018 and 2024.

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web search NEUTRAL — At Livingwell Day Care on Northern Boulevard, which federal health data show billed around $27 million between 2018 and 2024 for more than 26,500 patients, the lights were dimmed over rows of empty ta…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/flushing-medicaid-daycare-scandal-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Livingwell Day Care billed Medicaid approximately $27 million from 2018 through 2024, with more than 26,500 patients attributed to the center in the federal data reviewed by the Post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/centers-billing-milli…

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Claim 8: “A one-mile radius of the neighborhood boasts 77 Social Adult Daycares (SADCs), which bill Medicaid over $100 million a year, accounting for 14 percent of all daycare spending in the state”

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Multiple independent web sources (IBTimes UK, Alex Jones Live, and another report) confirm that 77 SADCs in a one-mile radius of Flushing bill over $100 million annually, representing 14% of state spending.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from three months to 10–12 years old. Although most parents spend a significant amount of tim…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Social prescribing (also known as community referral) is a process through which a person is referred to non-medical, community-based resources or activities, typically involving nature, art, movement…
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Claim 9: “the state’s $115 billion a year Medicaid spend is by far the highest per-person in the nation”

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Claim 10: “Greater New York Social and Health on Maple Avenue billed $28 million for 32,500 patients”

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Two independent sources (IBTimes UK and a report titled 'Inside New York's medical fraud capital') confirm Greater New York Social and Health billed $28 million for 32,500 patients.

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web search NEUTRAL — Exterior of Greater New York Social and Health Adult Day Care at 132-06 Maple Ave., Queens. 14. According to HHS data, Greater New York Social and Health billed Medicaid $28 million for 32,500 patient…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/03/us-news/inside-new-yorks-medic…

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web search NEUTRAL — ...800 patients, Greater New York Social and Health billed $28 million for 32,500 patients, Evergreen Adult Day Care took in $32 million for 57,500 patients, and Sunrise Senior Service billed $45 mill…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/flushing-medicaid-daycare-scandal-…

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Claim 11: “Evergreen Adult Day Care on Roosevelt Avenue took in $32 million for 57,500 patients”

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The figures for Evergreen Adult Day Care ($32 million for 57,500 patients) are reported in the IBTimes UK article, but not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Merry Adult Day Care, which billed roughly $25 million for 31,500 patients, had a masked worker briefly poke her head out before asking reporters to leave.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/flushing-medicaid-daycare-scandal-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Livingwell Day Care, for one, billed $27 million for 26,500 patients, per federal data.At Bao Kang Adult Day Care, all common areas were likewise empty, though a worker claimed she serves up 200 peopl…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/opinion/proof-new-yorks-leader…

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