CMS Targets New York Adult Day Care Fraud — SkimNews
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- CMS used new authority to crack down on New York's Social Adult Day Care program just one week after receiving that power.
- CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz called the SADC program 'a plague to the state' and said fraud is 'demolishing' a program meant to help frail seniors.
- The Social Adult Day Care program is designed to provide socialization, personal care, and meals to adults with physical and cognitive impairments.
Why it matters: CMS's immediate action signals a rapid escalation in federal fraud enforcement, directly threatening the viability of a specific state program intended to serve a vulnerable elderly population. Providers found in violation face exclusion from all federal healthcare programs, a severe financial penalty.
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