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Official account of New Jersey's Office of the State Comptroller. Advancing transparency, efficiency, and accountability in government. New Jersey's watchdog.
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🎉 Happy New Year from the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller!

Wishing a wonderful 2026 to New Jersey and beyond.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
In 2025, OSC exposed:

🩺 $124M Medicaid fraud
🔍 $600K opioid fund misuse
⚠️ Conflicts in health insurance funds
🚔 $1M wasted on unconstitutional police training

Accountability matters. Transparency matters.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This again. OSC IS the State’s Inspector General. This sounds like a backdoor attempt to do what Sen. Scutari was blocked from doing because of the public outcry.

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NJ Senate president says he won't try again to limit comptroller's power • New Jersey Monitor
Sen. Nicholas Scutari said he hasn't abandoned his plan to create a NJ inspector general to probe complaints against law enforcement.
newjerseymonitor.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🚌 In August, OSC found 109 NJ school bus companies failed to submit driver safety documentation before the start of the school year Sept. 7, 2023.

Today’s follow-up shows 16 companies in 8 counties missed the deadline again.

The list of companies is here: https://bit.ly/4oXWch2
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Headline after headline makes it clear: Medicaid-funded nursing homes face deep, systemic issues.

Exploitative nursing-home owners have built sophisticated systems that extract wealth from taxpayers through related party schemes that enrich themselves while hollowing out care.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Too many of NJ’s Medicaid funded nursing homes are failing residents and wasting taxpayer dollars.

Our residents deserve to live in safe environments.

It’s time for the state to treat this as the urgent crisis it is.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Nursing Home Owners Pocketed Millions as Patients Suffered, Report Says
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NEW: An investigation by OSC finds that owners and associates of two Hammonton and Deptford nursing homes diverted tens of millions in Medicaid funds for personal gain. Residents were left to suffer.

OSC said the owners and associates should repay $124 million, plus penalties.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Another example of a major OSC investigation that simply couldn't have happened if Senator Scutari's bill S4924 were law.
OSC's Street Cop Training investigation: 1/5

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December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I am spending as much time as possible these days working to defeat Senator Scutari's bill that would undermine the Office of the State Comptroller.

I am outraged at what I heard a week ago.

Sens. Beach and Burzichelli baselessly attacked OSC even after their own witnesses praised our work.
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is the sick leave abuse report that @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social referenced on News12 NJ.

Senate Bill S4924 would prevent OSC investigations like this.

It's a bad bill for NJ.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Thank you @newjerseyoag.bsky.social for making this win possible. A strong outcome for the taxpayers of Hudson County.
An important win for @njcomptroller.bsky.social, which plays an invaluable role in protecting NJ taxpayers.

Proud of their work to hold public officials accountable when they violate the law and waste taxpayer dollars.
In March 2024, we found Hudson County violated state law by contracting with a preferred vendor to provide healthcare.

The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sincere question: What will it take for public schools and local governments to recognize insurance brokers' conflicts of interest?

For the Legislature to take steps to stop the hemorrhaging of public funds wasted because of conflicts of interest?

pub.njleg.state.nj.us/publications...

1/5
pub.njleg.state.nj.us
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
In March 2024, we found Hudson County violated state law by contracting with a preferred vendor to provide healthcare.

The county violated transparency and public bidding requirements when it invited a few hand-picked firms to apply and privately negotiated with the vendor. 1/5
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Two of my takeaways from Monday’s disgraceful NJ Senate hearing on Bill S4924:
Why the Trenton hearing to overhaul NJ watchdogs was so important
An all-day hearing on a proposed law to consolidate, and some say weaken, oversight of powerful state leaders and business interests stunned many.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When watchdogs lose subpoena power, taxpayers lose transparency and accountability.

A bill to strip OSC's investigatory powers isn’t “streamlining”—it’s an attack on oversight in a state with a long history of political waste and backroom deals.

🎁 🔗
https://nyti.ms/4it4mwk
Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog (Gift Article)
A State Senate committee moved to weaken an office that investigates police misconduct and government waste. Senator Andy Kim spoke in opposition but was cut off after three minutes.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
NJ Office of the State Comptroller has denied #Medicaid participation to the group seeking to buy South Jersey Extended Care, citing an “unacceptably high risk of #fraud, waste, and abuse” and undisclosed ties to a previously suspended operator.

https://bit.ly/4ikJMyo
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NJ Office of the State Comptroller has denied #Medicaid participation to the group seeking to buy South Jersey Extended Care, citing an “unacceptably high risk of #fraud, waste, and abuse” and undisclosed ties to a previously suspended operator.

https://bit.ly/4ikJMyo
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A message from Acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh on efforts to reduce independent oversight in New Jersey.
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today, we honor those who served and recognize their sacrifice.
Thank you, New Jersey veterans.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM

NEW: OSC found Pleasantville paid $165,724 to a departing official — including an unlawful sick-leave payout and a severance bonus that is not required by NJ law.

Pleasantville didn't dispute the findings and has agreed to take corrective action.

https://bit.ly/4hW3joI
Letter Regarding Pleasantville's Wasteful Sick Leave Payment and Severance Policy
<p>The Office of the State Comptroller finds Pleasantville overpaid departing official more than $165,000. </p>
nj.gov
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In fiscal year 2025, OSC fielded 2,383 tips. They came in via:
📞 1-855-OSC-TIPS
📧 ComptrollerTips@osc.nj.gov
💻 https://bit.ly/OSCTips

If you suspect fraud, waste, or abuse, submit a confidential tip.
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Early voting begins today in New Jersey.

Cast your ballot in the election.

Make your voice heard.
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The National Consumer Voice reports 3 NJ nursing home chains used third-party transactions to hide gross profiteering at the expense of residents' care.

OSC has made similar findings. It's time for the State to strengthen reporting requirements and oversight.

http://bit.ly/47g5MXn
t.co
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1/ Yesterday, another government watchdog — the Office of the State Auditor, which is part of the Legislature — issued a report on the Bridgeton BOE.
🔗https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/publications/auditor/2025/34001124.pdf
pub.njleg.state.nj.us
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The Office of the State Comptroller encourages Medicaid providers to self-disclose overpayments. Providers who do so are not charged penalties or interest and may receive extended repayment terms.

In FY 2025, 10 providers self-disclosed and returned $1.8M in total to NJ Medicaid.
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM