cracking down on fraud and waste in Medicare’s hospice networks
Crack down on fraud and waste in Medicare hospice networks.
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Arizona families deserve a health care system that works for everyone--regardless of one’s income or zip code. That starts with reducing prescription drug costs for seniors, capping insulin at just $35 a month, cracking down on fraud and waste in Medicare’s hospice networks, expanding access to quality healthcare services in the Valley, and protecting insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions.
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Whistleblowers identify waste, fraud, abuse, and other misconduct. They play a vital role in helping Congress to conduct its constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities.
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This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to deactivate the standard unique health identifiers of health care providers that are excluded from federal health care programs because of fraud, waste, or abuse.
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AP reported DOJ charges against 455 people in a health-care fraud crackdown involving more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims, including Medicare schemes.
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A San Antonio hospice services provider was indicted for an alleged kickback referral scheme causing more than $9 million in ineligible Medicare hospice claims.
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AP reported CMS imposed a nationwide six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments for hospice and home care providers while intensifying investigations and removals.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1784 as sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, with zero cosponsors, referred to committees, and still only introduced.
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Stanton’s official health-care page includes cracking down on fraud and waste in Medicare hospice networks among his health-care priorities.
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Stanton’s site says whistleblowers can help Congress identify waste, fraud, abuse, and other misconduct through an official submission channel.
Assessments
Stanton carried the hospice fraud/waste promise in official House messaging and maintained broad whistleblower infrastructure for waste, fraud, and abuse complaints, but the record provided does not show a Stanton-led hospice-network crackdown, enacted hospice-specific legislation, or a completed oversight result during the 2020 AZ-9 term. Later federal enforcement and CMS actions show real hospice or Medicare fraud crackdowns, but they appear to have been completed by executive-branch officials with little documented Stanton contribution, so they support partial credit rather than full delivery. The effort badge is warranted for documented anti-fraud oversight activity, though it falls short of the promised hospice-specific outcome.
Stanton carried the hospice fraud-and-waste pledge into official House messaging and took concrete anti-fraud oversight actions, including a whistleblower intake and sponsoring the 2025 Medicare Fraud Detection and Deterrence Act. However, the cited bill was broader Medicare fraud legislation rather than hospice-network-specific, and the evidence does not show that a hospice fraud crackdown was enacted or completed. Because he made serious related legislative and oversight efforts but the promised outcome is not shown as delivered, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.