AG Bird: ‘There is no acceptable amount’ of Medicaid fraud in Iowa

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: July 15, 2026

Words: 750

Last Updated: 6 days, 10 hours ago

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Members of Iowa’s newly created Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force met Wednesday for their inaugural meeting to begin crafting recommendations to stop incidents of fraud in the taxpayer supported healthcare program.

The 11-person task force, led by Attorney General Brenna Bird, established five working groups that Bird said will be the “engine” that drives the research, analyses and problem-solving recommendations the task force will include in a final report due to the governor by Oct. …

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