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Iowa Medicaid fraud panel discusses ways to solicit more fraud tips, engage public

  • Robin Opsahl

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Iowa can find ways to be more “proactive” in collecting and responding to Medicaid fraud tips as the Iowa Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force held its second meeting Wednesday. The task force was convened by Gov. Kim Reynolds in July. The 11-member group will draft recommendations for the state […]

Iowa

Former state agency directors call new Medicaid fraud task force a ‘sham’

  • Clark Kauffman

Two former directors of the state agency that oversees Medicaid fraud investigations said Friday that Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s newly formed fraud task force is “political theater.” Dean Lerner and Kevin Techau, who served as directors of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals under Democratic governors Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver, said Bird, […]

Commentary

Don’t create political theater — fund the Medicaid fraud fighters

  • Dean Lerner, Kevin Techau

With the 2026 election approaching, Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird have unveiled a new priority: cracking down on Medicaid fraud. That comes as a big surprise to those of us who know the system and have actually fought Medicaid fraud. Why such a surprise? Because our governor and attorney general have long […]