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Vance Opens White House Fraud Task Force as CMS Suspends 70 L.A. Providers

The launch signals a shift to stop fraud before payment using shared data plus tighter checks.

Vice President JD Vance, chair of the newly formed Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, speaks during the task force's first meeting in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Vice President JD Vance, chair of the newly formed Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, speaks during the task force's first meeting in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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From left, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Department of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Vice President JD Vance and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller attend the first meeting of the newly formed national Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Overview

  • Vice President JD Vance led a Friday roundtable at the White House with FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and senior officials to kick off the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
  • Working with the task force, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has suspended 70 Los Angeles hospice and home health providers flagged as high risk for fraud.
  • A Vance–Ferguson memo directs agencies to target high‑spend, low‑verification programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, SNAP, TANF, HUD rental aid, and SBA loans.
  • The strategy pairs prosecutions and fund recovery with prevention that uses data analysis and AI tools to block or flag suspicious claims before money goes out.
  • Minnesota remains a flashpoint after CMS deferred about $260 million in Medicaid payments, prompting a court fight, while DOJ’s new fraud chief Colin McDonald joins the push that could bring tighter verification for beneficiaries and providers nationwide.