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CMS hopes to quadruple provider suspensions over next 6 months, official says

A new exclusion authority is the Trump administration’s latest step in a technology-enabled drive to restrict fraud, waste and abuse.

Sources (1)· Oct 16, 12:38 PM

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Government Executive· Oct 16, 12:38 PMCMS hopes to quadruple provider suspensions over next 6 months, official says

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Meet Estrella, an Undocumented Trans Woman Jailed for 9 Years, Then Deported to MexicoWe’re joined by Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa as she shares the story of Estrella Diamantina González, an undocumented transgender woman and trafficking survivor from Mexico caught up in the United States’ criminal and immigration systems. This summer, after serving a nine-year sentence in a Texas men’s prison, Diamantina González was released, but she…

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After Marble Hill shooting, Mamdani urges parking lot owners to keep ICE outMayor Zohran Mamdani and over 100 city and state elected officials wrote a letter on Thursday, Oct. 15, urging private parking garage and lot owners to not rent, lend, or allow ICE to use their property for immigration enforcement. The letter follows the Marble Hill shooting of Oscar Belgal by federal agents as his…

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Mike Johnson forced to make 'very painful' cash move at the worst time: reporterA super PAC tied to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had to give up a big chunk of cash less than three weeks before the midterm elections, according to a new report. Jake Sherman, co-founder of Punchbowl News, reported early on Friday morning that the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the main super PAC backing House Republicans, “had to pay…

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Suspicious package sent to Jayapal’s Seattle office prompts evacuationU.S. Rep Pramila Jayapal’s Seattle office was evacuated Friday afternoon after receiving a suspicious package that was described as similar to others received by election officials and Congress members.

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PPP relief fraud during COVID nets prison time for AZ manHere's how long a Phoenix man will be serving in prison for millions he defrauded the federal government of during the COVID pandemic.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her homeWASHINGTON — Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar asked the Justice Department on Friday to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an immigration fraud investigation was “neither justified nor lawful.” In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, lawyers

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Trump warns California election officials about counting ballots from noncitizensThe DOJ says election officials "risk becoming aiders and abettors to a federal crime" if they knowingly tabulate noncitizens' ballots.

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Trump threatens California officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballotsThe US Justice Department on Friday warned Los Angeles County and California election officials they could be liable as abettors of a federal ‌crime if they count mail ballots returned by more than 20,000 people the Trump administration says are probably noncitizens.

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