A New Windsor couple is sentenced in the largest Medicaid fraud case Orange County, New York has prosecuted while an Ulster County NEMT owner pleads guilty, Louisiana puts its fee-for-service NEMT broker contract out to bid with proposals opening November 24, California’s auditor finds ride companies overbilled Medi-Cal nearly $31 million in mileage, CMS’s off-cycle revalidation wave reaches Texas, Montana and Illinois with unannounced site visits, Minnesota’s fuel adjustment lifts mileage rates, and rural researchers name the problem: unloaded miles.
Nov 2, 2026
A Saratoga County NEMT owner is charged with billing $714,664 for rides that never happened as New York’s Medicaid fraud sweep widens, Colorado puts the January 1 MediDrive rules in writing with a trading-partner deadline this Friday, Michigan’s broker bids are due, the federal fraud rule that names NEMT sits at the White House, MediRoutes moves dispatch into the browser, and Uber says more than half of states have cleared it for Medicaid rides.
Oct 26, 2026
DC's broker handoff turns into a bid protest and MTM Health stays through December 31, BCBSNM becomes the third HCSC plan to move to MTM Health, a House bill would write electronic trip verification into federal Medicaid law, Rhode Island charges two NEMT companies, Ohio’s GPS trip-verification law takes effect, and Michigan opens bidding for a broker that could go statewide.
Oct 19, 2026
October 1 came and went: Montana's Modivcare contract takes over from Mountain Pacific, Colorado opens new-provider enrollment and posts its toolkit, BCBSIL Illinois follows Texas from Modivcare to MTM Health, Michigan's auditor readies an NEMT report, and a New York op-ed puts NEMT insurance costs on the policy table.
Oct 5, 2026
Four NEMT changes land on the same day: Colorado opens provider enrollment for the first time in three years, BCBSTX Texas flips from Modivcare to MTM Health, the federal non-citizen Medicaid cutoff takes effect, and Washington, DC's Verida contract is approved — plus Louisiana's ARPA deadline.
Sep 28, 2026
Colorado providers scale back under a two-thirds rate cut 100 days before the MediDrive handoff, the enrollment moratorium lifts next week, CMS work requirements enter the outreach phase, OIG has NEMT payment audits in progress, and Louisiana's ARPA money runs out in one week.
Sep 22, 2026
Oregon convicts two NEMT owners for billing rides given to the dead, Colorado hits two more transition milestones, Wisconsin's broker handoff stays dateless, Modivcare reshuffles leadership, and Louisiana's ARPA money runs out in two weeks.
Sep 17, 2026