The Trump administration has recently made several major moves as part of a sweeping effort to root out healthcare fraud across the U.S.

President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order in March establishing a new task force focused on eliminating fraud nationwide. The order states in part that ongoing “failure to ensure sufficient Federal oversight to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse has allowed irresponsible State politicians to increase Federal spending in their own States, which has contributed to inflation for healthcare services, housing, utilities, and groceries.” (RELATED: ‘Plagued By Fraud’: RFK Jr, Dr Oz Say More Than 1 Million People Without Social Security Numbers Enrolled In Obamacare)

“President Trump is the first president in history to take on healthcare fraud and waste by demanding price transparency,” Save Our States Executive Director Trent England told the DCNF. “Federal officials, small and large employers, and all consumers need direct access to pricing, billing, and claims data to spot errors and fraudulent charges, and to find efficiencies that benefit all of us. President Trump knows that obfuscation abets fraud. As usual, sunlight turns out to be a powerful disinfectant.”

Still, England noted that there is still more work to be done to tackle medical care fraud across the nation.

“The Trump administration is making great strides exposing and eliminating fraud, yet important work remains,” England continued. “I’m excited to support Vice President [JD] Vance as he works toward even greater accountability for institutions like America’s nonprofit hospitals, which receive billions in taxpayer-supported benefits. “

In February 2025, Trump issued an order seeking to “empower patients with clear, accurate, and actionable healthcare pricing information.”

The Department of Justice announced in June that its 2026 nationwide healthcare fraud “takedown” has thus far resulted in charges against 455 defendants for their alleged involvement in medical care fraud and opioid abuse schemes connected to more than $6.5 billion in false claims and “significant” harm to patients.

The White House did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (C) speaks during a press conference announcing annual healthcare fraud takedown results at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced Monday that it is introducing a new spate of efforts aiming to “combat fraud, waste, and abuse” across the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and Postal Service Health Benefits Program.

“In a monumental win for taxpayers, the Trump administration has taken a decisive first step to eliminate fraud across the Federal Employee Health Benefits plan, which represents $70 billion in taxpayer dollars annually for over 8 million covered lives,” Former Director of the Domestic Policy Council of the U.S. Andrew Bremberg told the DCNF. “Auditing for overcharges, errors, and waste will lower costs for Americans on federal employee plans while greatly alleviating the taxpayer burden.” 

The administration has also enacted “strong hospital price transparency rules, bolstering them from the president’s first term and expanding transparency requirements across all of healthcare,” according to Bremberg.

“Strong enforcement of President Trump’ maximum price transparency rules will be essential to root out fraud, expose waste, and hold bad actors accountable,” Bremberg explained. “CMS has taken a major step in warning over 500 hospitals that were not in compliance with federal rule, but key enforcement actions must continue.”

“Officials, consumers, employers, and taxpayers need price transparency enforced nationwide to shine a light on fraud and deliver a historic shift in favor of the patients – not fat cats – in American healthcare,” he added.

The administration said in May that it is temporarily halting new home health and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare, Reuters first reported. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a May 13 X post that this enrollment freeze will allow the agency to “temporarily halt the influx of new providers into these high-risk categories and stop fraudulent activity.”

During the first quarter of 2026, CMS reported identifying $850 million in Medicare overpayments while also collecting $216 million total in overpayments, according to a fact sheet from the agency. Total Medicare program integrity savings soared 59% during 2025, climbing from $26.3 billion during fiscal year 2024 to a record-shattering $41.9 billion in fiscal year 2025, according to CMS.

Still, Medicaid and Medicare are notably still massive spending black holes in the U.S. 

In 2024, Medicare spending rose 7.8% to $1,118.0 billion in 2024, or 21% of the nation’s total health expenditures (NHE), according to a CMS fact sheet. Meanwhile, Medicaid spending increased 6.6% to $931.7 billion in 2024, or 18% of total NHE, per CMS’ estimates.

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a June 12 X post that “every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar diverted from making healthcare more affordable for the patients, families, and vulnerable Americans these programs are meant to serve.”

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed in a June 23 social media post that the administration will “restore integrity” to U.S. health programs.

“We will find fraud,” Kennedy said. “We will stop it. We will recover taxpayer dollars whenever the law permits, and we will restore integrity to the programs that millions of Americans rely on for their care.”

We will find fraud. We will stop it. We will recover taxpayer dollars whenever the law permits, and we will restore integrity to the programs that millions of Americans rely on for their care. https://t.co/nIIMz4v4ex— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) June 23, 2026

In May, HHS unveiled a major review — using artificial intelligence — of annual state audits as part of an effort to crack down on Medicaid fraud and waste, The Wall Street Journal first reported.

“Under President Trump and Secretary Kennedy, HHS and CMS are leading the most aggressive effort in recent history to root out fraud, waste, and abuse across federal healthcare programs,” an HHS spokesperson told the DCNF in a statement. “Working alongside the Department of Justice, we’ve uncovered more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud, delivered a record $41.9 Billion in Medicare program integrity savings, and removed thousands of bad actors from federal healthcare programs.”

“These efforts are part of the White House’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance, to safeguard taxpayer dollars and strengthen accountability across the federal government,” the spokesperson added.

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