CMS Launches Enhanced Fraud Prevention Effort

Published: 12/01/2025

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently sent a letter to all 50 state governors outlining plans for enhanced state–federal collaboration to identify and stop Medicare fraud, emphasizing that fraudulent billing is often accompanied by unreported income and tax evasion.

By implementing a new tax-fraud enforcement initiative, CMS expects to see aggressive identification of fraudulent health care providers, swift revocation of Medicare billing privileges following state

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