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CMS Warns NYC Providers Over Questionable Medicaid Billing

By Drooid · Oct 21, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz delivered warning letters to Kent Senior Care and Evergreen Adult Day Care over questionable Medicaid billing.
More than 80 New York City providers received CMS warning letters for questionable Medicaid billing during the crackdown.
FBI, HHS-OIG, and NYPD raided adult daycare centers in Brooklyn, Borough Park, and Flushing.
California suspended 800 hospice providers amid an alleged $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme, as reported by Oz.

History

Historical Context

After the 1995 Medicare Fraud Enforcement Act gave agencies new authority, Congress earmarked $100 million in 1997 and the 2007 Medicare Fraud Strike Force expanded investigations, leading to multi-state busts such as the 2010 $251 million scheme against 94 providers. Today CMS warning letters to Mehmet Oz’s Kent Senior Care, Evergreen Adult Day Care and 800 California hospice operators echo that decades-long crackdown.

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Story summary

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz delivered warning letters to Kent Senior Care and Evergreen Adult Day Care over questionable Medicaid billing.
More than 80 New York City providers received CMS warning letters for questionable Medicaid billing during the crackdown.
FBI, HHS-OIG, and NYPD raided adult daycare centers in Brooklyn, Borough Park, and Flushing.
California suspended 800 hospice providers amid an alleged $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme, as reported by Oz.

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