Medicaid Fraud Director Resigns over 'Fundamental Difference,' Not Mentioned in Oversight Committee Testimony

Scott Demands NY AG to Explain How Fraud Got Away

Chairman of the Special Senate Committee on Aging Sen. Rick Scott sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James demanding answers on alleged rampant Medicare fraud in her state. The Florida Republican’s letter noted that the number of indictments and convictions for Medicare fraud has declined under the New York Medicaid Fraud Control...

Medicaid Fraud Director resigns over 'fundamental difference,' not mentioned in oversight committee testimony

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WOWK) -- On the final night of August interims, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey testified to the Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Resources Accountability about the direction and federal expectations of his office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU). "We're taking a lot of direction from Trump's DoJ right now," McCuskey told the committee. "They have an [...]

Judges Grill DeSantis Administration Attorney Over Medicaid Termination Letters

By Christine Sexton, The Florida Phoenix A trio of federal judges Wednesday grilled an attorney representing the DeSantis administration over how the state terminated people from Florida’s Medicaid program in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida was first sued three years ago over how it disenrolled people from the safety net health care program — a process known as an “unwinding” — which resulted in hundreds of thousands of people lo…

‘This is pretty bad': Judges grill DeSantis administration over Medicaid termination letters

A trio of federal judges Wednesday grilled an attorney representing the DeSantis administration over how the state terminated people from Florida’s Medicaid program in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida was first sued three years ago over how it disenrolled people from the safety net health care program — a process known as an […] The post ‘This is pretty bad’: Judges grill DeSantis administration over Medicaid termination letters a…

Judges criticize Florida over Medicaid notices that don't say why coverage ended

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