Feds suspend $60M in Medicaid fraud funding for New York
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would freeze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a state agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting fraud in the safety-net government healthcare program.
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2 developments- Jun 30Trump administration suspends funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unit
- Jul 2Feds suspend $60M in Medicaid fraud funding for New York
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