In Medicaid fraud crackdown, feds now looking to audit all 50 states

By: Shalina Chatlani

Outlets: Stateline

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 534

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & 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.

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 …

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