The federal government has decertified Hawaii’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit after it failed to secure any indictments or convictions from 2021-2025. This threatens federal funding for the state’s entire Medicaid program.
- Hawaii’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit achieved zero indictments and zero convictions from 2021 through 2025.
- Vice President J.D. Vance criticized Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud enforcement as a ‘complete disgrace.’
- Federal investigators identified serious performance deficiencies in the unit during reviews in 2014 and 2019.
- The decertification puts federal funding for Hawaii’s entire Medicaid program at risk.
- Problems with the unit may date back to the 1980s based on court records.
Source: Hawaii Free Press
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