{"id":9223,"date":"2026-04-22T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/in-medicaid-fraud-crackdown-feds-now-looking-to-audit-all-50-states\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:00:35","slug":"in-medicaid-fraud-crackdown-feds-now-looking-to-audit-all-50-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/in-medicaid-fraud-crackdown-feds-now-looking-to-audit-all-50-states\/","title":{"rendered":"In Medicaid fraud crackdown, feds now looking to audit all 50 states"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Oz-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in December. Oz said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>\n<p>Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in December. Oz said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs.<br \/>\n(Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, said Tuesday that the Trump administration will require every state within 30 days to turn in a plan to revalidate the health care providers that participate in their Medicaid programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has pledged to root out what it calls rampant fraud in state Medicaid programs. But thus far, it has focused almost exclusively on Democratic-led states, even though fraud involving government benefits isn\u2019t any more prevalent in Democratic-led states than in Republican-led ones, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/pdf\/research-and-publications\/quick-facts\/Government_Benefits_Fraud_FY24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">according to federal data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oz said Tuesday that the administration will expand its Medicaid anti-fraud effort to all 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking the states to own that problem\u2026 red and blue, all of them,\u201d Oz said during a health care summit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/21\/oz-medicaid-fraud-plan-politico-summit-00883279\" target=\"_blank\">hosted by Politico<\/a>. \u201cIf you don\u2019t take it seriously, it indicates to us that we might have to take the audits\u2026 more aggressively,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing earlier this month that Vice President JD Vance would lead the administration\u2019s anti-fraud effort, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116340682613576162\" target=\"_blank\">said on Truth Social<\/a> that Vance would focus on fraud \u201c\u2018EVERYWHERE,\u2019 but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, like those in California, Illinois, Minnesota (Somalia beware!), Maine, New York, and many others, have had a \u2018free for all\u2019 in the unprecedented theft of Taxpayer Money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview with Politico, Oz said that his agency had already halted payments to about 450 hospices and home health care centers in Los Angeles. Oz also referred to the decision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/press-room\/trump-administration-prioritizes-affordability-announcing-major-crackdown-health-care-fraud.html\" target=\"_blank\">to hold back<\/a> $259.5 million in federal Medicaid payments to Minnesota, noting that the state will have an opportunity \u201cto go back and prove to us that they actually have the backup to some of the bills they\u2019ve sent us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andy Schneider, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, said he was pleased that Oz \u201cdid not use this forum to announce more deferrals against Minnesota or other states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps he\u2019s beginning to understand that withholding federal funds from states does not actually do anything to reduce fraud against Medicaid. Time will tell,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n<p>Laith Quasem, a Seattle-based attorney at the Chapman Law Group who represents Medicaid and Medicare providers and suppliers in fraud cases, said many of his clients have been swept up in the California crackdown and have either had their payments suspended or been removed from the government programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly believe CMS is really abusing its discretion right now, and they\u2019re revoking and suspending, but asking questions later,\u201d Quasem said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of it may certainly be well-founded. Under any administration there are always program integrity concerns,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not OK during a crackdown to just put providers out of business without a credible allegation of fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s say you\u2019re a hospice, right? What do you do if you\u2019re not getting paid? You\u2019re not going to be able to keep the doors open,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat do you do with your patients?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Stateline reporter Shalina Chatlani can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:schatlani@stateline.org\"><em>schatlani@stateline.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"snrPubNote\">\n<p>This story was originally produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2026\/04\/21\/in-medicaid-fraud-crackdown-feds-now-looking-to-audit-all-50-states\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stateline<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in December. 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