Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched investigations April 7 into dozens of Medicaid providers in the state using data acquired through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Home health providers, occupational therapy providers, and entities that may have committed fraud related to COVID-19 treatments will be targeted in the investigation, according to Paxton.
The attorney general said he “will not tolerate the abuse of taxpayer funded programs in Texas.”
“My office has already recovered over $1 billion from Medicaid fraud alone since 2020, and I will continue to pursue any fraudster who attempts to cheat Texans out of money by exploiting our health care system,” Paxton said in a statement….
Texas Launches Probe of Medicaid Providers Using DOGE Data
