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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 27 announced it will increase oversight of states to prevent the misuse of ...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is requesting $454.4 million in its fiscal year 2026 budget to continue fighting fraud, waste, and abuse in the U.S.
The CMS told states it plans to go over their Medicaid spending with a fine-toothed comb to ensure federal dollars aren’t ...
While health care experts in Massachusetts say Medicaid fraud does exist, they add that doing more to identify such waste is ...
A bill aimed at strengthening oversight of Louisiana’s Medicaid program unanimously passed the state’s senate Tuesday. Senate Bill 130, sponsored by Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, seeks to ...
This effort marks an escalation in federal and state tensions over Medicaid eligibility and the use of taxpayer funds.
I’ve never got an hour of help." That’s how Steven Smith sums up his experience with Leo Human Services, the for-profit ...
America spends nearly $900 billion annually on Medicaid, covering around 80 million people — roughly the population of ...
DHS Secretary Kirsten Johnson said the crackdown on Medicaid fraud began in 2023. She cited a Journal Sentinel investigation ...
"I think is really important is to allow independent auditors and independent inspectors general to be independent," said Ben ...
accused of submitting false medical claims to the state’s Medicaid program for more than $60 million in a little less than ...
A bill aimed at strengthening oversight of Louisiana’s Medicaid program unanimously passed ... The bill is part of a broader effort to curb waste and fraud in the program, which provides health ...