‘Nearly 800 FRAUDULENT healthcare providers FIRED!’: Vance, Oz announce CA Medicaid fraud crackdown

Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California, escalating a broader federal crackdown on alleged fraud within state Medicaid programs. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said California’s Medicaid records raised 'major red flags,' pointing to hundreds of millions in questioned billing, home health services, and disputed expenditures tied to coverage eligibility concerns.