What happened
A congressional report has found that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reduced its capacity to prevent fraud under the Biden administration. The report, released by Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, discovered that the number of Medicare and Medicaid program integrity personnel was cut from 80 to six between January 2021 and January 2025.
According to the report, this reduction in staffing has left the agency unable to effectively combat healthcare fraud. The committee also found that the Biden administration implemented a
