States could keep more money from Medicaid fraud recovery to fight future fraud.
This bill would let states keep a larger share of the money they recover from Medicaid fraud. Currently, states return the federal share of these recovered funds. Under this bill, states could keep up to 25% of the federal share, but they would have to use that money to fight future fraud and improper payments in the Medicaid program.
Today, when states recover Medicaid overpayments, they must return the federal government's share. This means the federal portion of the recovered money is adjusted from future federal payments to the state. If this bill becomes law, states would be able to keep up to 25% of the federal share of Medicaid overpayments recovered specifically due to fraud. They would then be required to use this money to strengthen their efforts to prevent and detect future fraud.
HR 10626 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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