The Medicaid Fraud War Room Stopped 203.3 Million Dollars in 88 Days With 42 Federal Exclusion Notices, and Program Integrity Is Now the Rare Government Software Market That Grows With Budget Cuts

CMS stopped $203.3M in Medicaid fraud in 88 days. Sounds like a big win. But against a $900B program, that is 0.02%. The dollar figure is almost beside the point.

The real story is the timeline. 88 days to 42 federal Notices of Intent to Exclude is genuinely fast. Normal Medicaid fraud enforcement takes years. Pay and chase is the industry term, and the …