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HHS defers $1 billion+ in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota

A photo of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz looking straight while standing behind US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, JR looking to the right while holding notes.
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Kevin Kinsella

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The Department of Health and Human Services announced it will temporarily withhold certain Medicaid payments from the Democrat-led states while reviewing potential fraud and compliance concerns.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it is deferring more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of an ongoing review into possible fraud and compliance concerns within the states’ programs.

The move comes after the Centers for Medicare and

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