Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud
The administration said California must justify questionable Medicaid spending while federal officials also imposed new limits on Medicare enrollments and provider payments.
- Vice President Vance announced a $1.3 billion deferral in Medicaid reimbursements to California on Wednesday as part of the Trump administration's initiative to root out fraud in federal health programs.
- Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, claimed California's records 'have generated major red flags,' citing $500 million in home health services and $200 million in questionable expenditures linked to coverage for undocumented immigrants.
- The administration imposed a six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for hospice and Home Health Agencies, aiming to 'aggressively identify, investigate, and remove' providers suspected of fraudulent activity during the freeze period.
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta did not immediately respond to requests for comment; Newsom's office previously defended the program as 'keeping more people OUT of far more expensive nursing homes.'
- Vance's anti-fraud task force warned all states to investigate Medicaid fraud aggressively or risk losing federal funding, intensifying pressure before the November elections as part of efforts to prosecute potential misuse of public money.
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Trump Admin Pauses Hospice Medicare Enrollments, Withholds $1.3 Billion From California Medicaid
The Trump administration announced a six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home health agencies while freezing billions of dollars in federal Medicaid payments to California to combat health care fraud. On Wednesday, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and Vice President JD Vance announced the moves during a White House news conference as part of a broader administration effort to root …
Trump administration withholds $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California over fraud concerns
Vice President JD Vance stood at the White House on Wednesday and announced what amounts to the largest Medicaid payment deferral in federal history: $1.3 billion withheld from California, with a blunt warning that every state in the union could face the same treatment if it fails to crack down on fraud in its health...
Cal Matters
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Trump Admin Freezes $1.3B in Medicaid Funds to California Over Hospice Fraud
In the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse in federal health programs, Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the federal government is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds slated for California due to the state’s ongoing failure to tackle fraud in its Medi-Cal program. Joined by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Vance detailed a nationwide six-…
Times of San Diego
California denies allegations of Medicaid fraud as White House withholds funds
Vice President JD Vance leads a White House task force on fraud prevention. (File photo by Evan Vucci/Associated Press) Vice President JD Vance and the White House task force he heads that aims to eliminate fraud announced Wednesday that the administration would withhold billions in Medicaid funding from California because the state isn’t doing enough to prevent fraud in its federal benefit programs. Vance said California’s inaction was to blame…
White House withholds $1.3B in Medicaid payments to California amid broader fraud crackdown
Vice President JD Vance announced on Wednesday that the federal government is “deferring” $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California and said the administration would withhold payments from additional states if they do not ramp up their efforts to root out fraud in federal benefits programs. The notice came as part of President Donald Trump’s “war on fraud,” which Vance is leading as the head of the White House’s anti-fraud task force…
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