Washington, Sept. 30 -- Congressman Rob Wittman issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) co-led the introduction of the Helping Encourage Lawful Payments and Strengthen Transparency, Anti-fraud, Tips, and Enforcement Strategies (HELP STATES) Act, legislation to strengthen states' ability to identify and recover fraudulent Medicaid payments.
Congressman Tom Kean (NJ-07) introduced the legislation alongside Reps. Wittman, Jen Kiggans (VA-02), David Valadao (CA-22), Young Kim (CA-40), and Rob Bresnahan (PA-08). The HELP STATES Act would allow states to retain a portion of the federal share of Medicaid funds recovered from fraud and require those dollars to be reinvested in efforts to prevent, dete...