WASHINGTON—Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses Chairman Brandon Gill (R-Texas) today announced the panel will hold its first hearing titled, “Universal Basic Fraud: Vulnerabilities in Medicaid Waiver Programs.” At the hearing, Task Force members will examine fraud in Ohio’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program that pays people to visit beneficiaries to perform personal care services such as cooking, cleaning, and other household chores. Recent reporting by the Daily Wire exposed how shell companies operating out of empty offices billed taxpayers for personal care services never rendered, and the Ohio state agency responsible for stopping it looked the other way.
“Our Task Force is going after institutions that stopped fearing accountability and abused the American people. Our first action is a formal investigation…
IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.