All 50 States Under Trump Administration’s Medicaid Fraud Microscope & More

Trump Administration Expands Medicaid Fraud Scrutiny to All 50 States

In an effort to fight fraud, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is requiring all 50 states to submit plans for revalidating their Medicaid providers. CMS had already requested information about Medicaid programs in California, Florida, Maine, Minnesota and New York, and halted $243 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota because of fraud concerns. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

PBM Pharmacy Ownership Bill Passed in TN

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill (SB 2040) that would ban pharmacy benefit managers from owning or controlling pharmacies in the state. The bill would apply to just one company, CVS Health, since it’s the only one that owns both types of businesses in the state. The company said it plans to file a lawsuit to block the measure, as it did last year against a similar bill enacted in Arkansas (HB 1150 [2025]). (TENNESSEE LOOKOUT, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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