Federal inspectors found in 2022 that Michigan officials chose not to enforce oversight at every available decision point. This prior finding suggests the lack of recent referrals from Michigan may be a result of a systemic refusal to act rather than a lack of fraudulent activity in the state's healthcare system.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Oz Gives 8 States 30 Days to Explain Zero Medicaid Fraud Referrals
US Politics19 days ago
The head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is demanding that state administrators verify the accuracy of oversight data for millions of patients. Dr. Oz gave Arizona, California, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin 30 days to explain why reports showed zero fraud referrals and no recovered overpayments in their Medicaid managed care programs, stating that either the reporting system or the ground-level oversight is broken.
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