Federal Withholding of $1.3B in California Medicaid Signals Expanded Fraud Crackdown
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Vice President JD Vance announced the administration will suspend $1.3 billion in California Medicaid payments and threatened to freeze funding for Medicaid Fraud Control Units in all states if fraud isn’t aggressively prosecuted; CMS chief Mehmet Oz cited red flags in California billing and announced a six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospices and home health agencies as part of the anti-fraud push.
- Vance announces suspension of $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California NBC News
- JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort The Guardian
- Trump Administration Will Withhold $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California The New York Times
- Vance-led task force cuts off $1.4B from home health, hospice providers suspected of fraud Fox News
- Trump administration freezes Medicare enrollments for new home health care, hospice providers The Hill
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