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CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota: The State Fights Back
On March 2, the state of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in federal district court. The case, State of Minnesota v. Oz, is in response to two actions taken by CMS against the state for what CMS says is the state’s failure to control fraud against its Medicaid…
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CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota: Part 2
At a White House press conference last Wednesday, Vice President J.D. Vance, newly tasked with leading a war on fraud, announced that “we have decided to temporarily halt” $259 million in federal matching payments to the state of Minnesota due to fraud against its Medicaid program. He emphasized: “…we don’t want to do this. We…
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CMS Quietly Releases Medicaid State Improper Payment Rates for 2025: How Did Minnesota Do?
With little fanfare, CMS earlier this month released a Fact Sheet on improper payments in Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the Marketplaces in 2025. With even less fanfare, CMS this week posted Medicaid improper payment rates for 17 states, including Minnesota. To its credit, CMS did not conflate Medicaid improper payments with fraud against Medicaid. In the…
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House Republican Study Committee Pushes for Second Budget Reconciliation Bill and More Damaging Medicaid Cuts
On January 13, the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) unveiled its plan for a second budget reconciliation bill for this Congress, in addition to H.R. 1 (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” or P.L. 119-21) which was enacted on July 4, 2025. The plan includes a number of proposals to cut Medicaid, on top of…
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CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota
[Editor’s Note: Read Part 2 of “CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota series here.] On January 6, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, sent a letter to the Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, notifying him that his state’s Medicaid agency was “operating its program in substantial noncompliance”…