In its efforts to prevent alleged widespread fraud in Medicare, federal regulators have blocked for at least six months any new home health and hospice providers from participating in these federal programs. This strategy may succeed in grabbing headlines but it won’t stem corruption and may limit access to care for many who need it.
In the name of fraud prevention, the initiative appears part of a broader Trump Administration effort to restrict access to federal health and long-term care, especially through Medicaid. In recent weeks, it has slashed Medicaid payments to states such as Minnesota, and California, and threatened to cut others. All in the name of what it claims is widespread fraud, though it has provided no evidence of extensive corruption. The new initiative focuses on Medicare.
How Much Fraud Is There?
In both programs, provider fraud is real and not new. Unscrupulous…
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