On February 25, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced several program integrity actions impacting Medicaid funding and Medicare supplier enrollment, along with a request ...

The buck stops here. We’ve got to clean up the system. With these words, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now at the helm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), signaled a pivotal moment for Medicaid ...

The acting director of CMS’s Center for Program Integrity said the agency has shifted away from what was previously a “very ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to shut down a long‑running Medicaid financing loophole that officials say allowed states to shift billions in costs onto federal taxpayers. The ...

States scramble submit Medicaid revalidation plans to CMS by May 23 as part of a federal effort to audit high-risk providers and reduce fraud.

California has seen hundreds of hospice “takedowns” and Medicare payment suspensions targeting what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

Medicaid is the joint federal-state health insurance program that provides medical coverage to almost five million low-income, elderly, disabled Floridians and children. Although the federal ...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services head Dr. Mehmet Oz notified Minnesota that the department is deferring $91 million ...

CMS will require all states to audit healthcare providers participating in Medicaid in an effort to address alleged fraud, Politico reported April 21. Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, unveiled the plan at ...

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 provided the resources to establish the Medicaid Integrity Program (MIP), the first national strategy in the 40-year history of the Medicaid program to promote the ...