Washington — Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday announced that the administration will defer $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California and implement a six-month nationwide moratorium on some new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home health providers, actions presented at a White House event as part of an anti-fraud task force campaign ahead of the November elections. Officials said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services enacted the freeze and warned states to investigate suspected Medicaid fraud or risk funding losses; Dr. Mehmet Oz commented on systemic fraud affecting vulnerable patients. State agencies must respond in coming weeks, and the administration said federal reviews and potential funding actions could follow pending investigations.
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这次冻结可能会影响您获得新的医疗补助临终关怀和家庭医疗服务。如果您在加利福尼亚州,医疗补助报销也已暂停。请与您的医疗保健提供者联系,了解任何变更。
政府正在严厉打击医疗欺诈,但这可能会影响患者获得服务的机会。了解您的医疗保健选择并主动采取行动至关重要。如果您认识依靠 Medicare 或 Medicaid 的人,值得转发。
联邦检察官和审计员在追查涉嫌欺诈方面获得了更强有力的授权,并可能追回资金;政府可以声称采取了打击浪费和保护纳税人的行动。
加州医疗补助受益人以及一些家庭健康和临终关怀提供者在调查期间可能会面临报销延迟和就医受阻。
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