Medicare

In Medicaid fraud crackdown, feds now looking to audit all 50 states Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads 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.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, announced that the Trump administration will require states to submit plans within 30 days to revalidate healthcare providers participating in Medicaid programs. The initiative aims to address what the administration characterizes as fraud and abuse in the system.