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

The vibrant, east Asian immigrant enclave of Flushing may be New York’s medical fraud capital.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.When The Post visited some of largest — which are private businesses that have claimed between $20 and 40 million from Medicaid over the last six years — many storefronts were shuttered and those which were open had empty rooms with no patients.At Livingwell Day Care on Northern Boulevard, lights were dimmed over rows of empty tables in a mess hall near the entrance.No seniors appeared to be inside, but Livingwell billed Medicaid $27 million from 2018-2024 and had over 26,500 patients, according to federal data.A man at the front desk refused to answer questions, chased a reporter and cameraman out and threatened to call police.

The facility has not been implicated in any crimes.A woman who identified herself as Wendy, a care worker at Bao Kang Adult Day Care on Blossom Avenue, told The Post she has one or two hundred patients a day, but said “I don’t know” when ask about the $32 million billed to Medicaid for serving 43,900 unique patients during the same years.Wendy denied The Post a tour, but a security monitor behind her desk displaying common areas showed every single one was empty.Since The Post’s initial expose on New York’s SADC abuse in January and a federal bust in February saw two men charged with ripping off $120 million over ten years from Medicaid using two SADCs they owned, workers have been on high alert. Entrances are locked during business hours, while windows are covered in perforated vinyl wrap.At Merry Adult Day Care on 35th Avenue — which billed $25M from 31,500 patients during the six-year period — a masked worker poked her head out of the door, wouldn’t answer any questions and asked The Post to leave.Kang ...