States must audit Medicaid providers each year for fraud.
H.R. 10625 — Medicaid Integrity Improvement Act · Filed by John Joyce (R-PA) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells states to check Medicaid providers for fraud and waste every year. Audits start one year after the law passes. States must report what they find to the federal government. If a state cannot do the audits, it can submit a plan to fix the problem.
Who it affects
Medicaid patients benefit because audits catch fraud and save money. States must do the work of auditing providers. Healthcare providers and suppliers may face more audits.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money states get to pay for audits. States with small fraud offices may struggle to meet the deadline.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Republicans.
- Sep 28, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 28, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Medicaid — A federal program that pays for health care for people with low income.
- fraud — Cheating or lying to get money you should not get.
- audits — Checks to see if money was spent the right way.
- federal government — The U.S. government in Washington, D.C.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,439 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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