CMS Fraud Crackdown Risks HCBS Chaos
March 20, 2026·about 3 hours ago·via McKnight's Senior Living
CMS rolls out aggressive anti-fraud measures under the CRUSH initiative, including a nationwide six-month moratorium on new DMEPOS enrollments and withholding $259 million in Medicaid funds from Minnesota over suspicious claims. Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz champion this shift to real-time AI-driven detection, ditching the old "pay and chase" model to protect taxpayers and lock out crooks before they steal. Read more about this...