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- Aug 20, 2026
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500 Prosecutors And Five Priorities: Inside DOJ’s Aggressive New Fraud Push (opens the original)
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is building what it calls “the most sophisticated, innovative, and data-driven white-collar law enforcement component in the world” — and it expects roughly 500 attorneys and staff to be in place to run it within weeks. On August 13, 2026, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Colin M. McDonald issued a memorandum (the Memorandum) laying out the enforcement priorities and expanded structure of DOJ’s newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division (the Fraud Divi
The War On Fraud Reaches The States: HHS Defers Medicaid Payments And Expands Exclusion Authority (opens the original)
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On July 21, 2026, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that they would defer payment of roughly $867.5 million in federal Medicaid payments due to California and $199 million to Minnesota. The decisions to defer payment are part of a “proactive new approach to program integrity” that emphasizes “stopping waste and fraud before the check clears.”These development
HHS-OIG Raises The Stakes For Medicaid Fraud Enforcement: New Scrutiny Of State MFCUs Signals Broader Enforcement Shift (opens the original)
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On July 2, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) denied recertification of New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), suspending its federal funding. The decision follows HHS-OIG’s decision to deny Hawaii’s request to recertify its MFCU and HHS-OIG’s decision to conditionally recertify eight additional state MFCUs, signaling heightened federal scrutiny of state Medicaid fraud enforcement. These decisions suggest that HHS-OIG is transform
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