The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended its fraud crackdown to adult day care centers in New York City, using new authority to remove providers from federal health care programs. The action was announced at a press conference on Wednesday, according to STAT.
The program in question, Social Adult Day Care (SADC), is designed to offer socialization, personal care, and meals to adults with physical and cognitive impairments. CMS officials say the program is rife with fraud. Administrator Mehmet Oz called it "a plague to the state," and said it was outrageous to see fraud, waste, and abuse demolishing programs meant to help frail seniors.
The move comes just one week after CMS was granted the authority to kick providers off federal programs. This article is based on a single STAT report; no other sources were available for comparison.