Payment Integrity Oversight
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Payment integrity pressure is intensifying across federal and state channels: states are adopting the Trump administration’s Medicaid fraud crackdown posture, but early implementation is creating access risk for people with disabilities who rely on paid caregivers, underscoring the VBC tension between improper-payment controls and maintaining home- and community-based care capacity (STAT). In Medicare, broker compensation scrutiny remains a live oversight issue as reports allege retirees are being steered into inferior Medicare Advantage plans for higher commissions, while CMS is also moving to toughen oversight of accrediting organizations—signals that plans, ACOs, and provider networks should expect tighter audits around enrollment practices, quality validation, and delegated compliance functions ([KFF/Modern Healthcare](https://connect.kff.org/e3t/Ctc/RB+113/c1ThL04/VWLgLN6YZWj3W5msPzX2hY0R1W48Yhp75QjMtLN8XrLDH5nR3bW50kH_H6lZ3nXVPQc0W3mLZtjW71D3yN4pm29XW3Lqb837cgDjhW91776d4xGPrfW63VwC_7b8JkzVzK5m92Z
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