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HR 2309 · in committee · major

Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act

What this bill does

  • States must verify Medicaid providers are alive using Social Security death records during enrollment.
  • Medicaid programs and healthcare providers are affected by the verification requirement.
  • States must check the Death Master File quarterly after initial provider enrollment, with no new federal funding specified.

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  1. 01

    How would quarterly death record checks affect state Medicaid agencies' administrative capacity and costs without new federal funding?

  2. 02

    What safeguards would prevent legitimate providers from being wrongly denied enrollment due to database errors or identity mismatches?

  3. 03

    How much improper payment to deceased providers currently occurs, and would the verification burden justify the administrative expense?

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Sponsor · D-CA-50

Scott H. Peters

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Introduced 2025-03-24

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-24 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  2. 2025-03-24 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-03-24 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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