作者：瑞秋·沃尔夫（Rachel Wolf）福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月4日 美国东部时间下午3:46
联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）主任梅赫梅特·奥兹博士呼吁纽约州州长凯西·霍楚解释她将如何整顿纽约州的医疗补助项目。（图片来源：@DrOzCMS/X）
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纽约州的医疗补助项目正在接受联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）主任梅赫梅特·奥兹博士的全面审查，他声称有证据表明存在广泛的欺诈行为。
周二，奥兹在给纽约州州长凯西·霍楚的一封信中，就该项目向州政府官员提出了50个问题，并要求霍楚及其团队在30天内向特朗普政府提供所要求的信息。
奥兹要求她和她的团队向CMS提供关于”纽约州医疗补助项目中的项目完整性、服务提供者筛选和登记监督”的详细信息。
奥兹在给霍楚和几位州卫生官员的信中写道：”近期的数据报告、联邦起诉和分析引发了人们对纽约州在个人护理、家庭健康、成人日间护理项目、非紧急医疗运输（NEMT）和行为健康服务方面监督的严重担忧。” “这一证据，再加上纽约州人均医疗补助支出和劳动力使用模式显著超出全国标准，凸显了立即调查、纠正行动和提高透明度的必要性。”
联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心主任梅赫梅特·奥兹已要求纽约州州长凯西·霍楚在30天内提供该州医疗保险项目的相关信息。（Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images；Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
“数据清楚地表明：无论是全州范围还是按受益人计算，纽约州在医疗补助项目上的支出都远超其他州，”他补充道。
在一段视频讲话中，奥兹表示，纽约州每年在医疗补助上的支出超过1000亿美元，是全国第二高。他说，纽约州每个受益人的平均支出超过12500美元，比全国平均水平高出36%。
“因此，纽约州每个居民的平均医疗补助支出是全国最高的，几乎比全国平均水平高出80%，”奥兹在视频中说。
“这本身就需要受到审视。但情况更糟。个人护理服务本应帮助医疗补助患者完成我们家人通常为我们做的事情，比如搬运杂货。纽约州放宽了筛查标准，允许’容易分心’等问题的人也能获得个人护理助理资格。这导致仅在两年多一点的时间里就花费了450亿美元，”奥兹补充道。
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奥兹表示，去年有500万受益人——近四分之三的参保者——接受了这些个人护理服务。他认为，这种使用水平”闻所未闻”，并使个人护理服务成为”纽约州的第一大职业”。他声称，纽约州将一个旨在帮助最弱势群体的项目变成了”一个由联邦纳税人报销的大规模就业项目”。
奥兹还指出，家庭健康助理的薪酬连续两年同比增长65%，尽管患者数量并没有以”如此疯狂的高速度”增加。
他说，成人日托支出在过去三个月飙升了100%以上，而联邦检察官发现了一个涉及成人护理中心回扣的6800万美元欺诈计划。
“这与政治无关，”奥兹说。”这关乎保护患者和保护纳税人。我们欠纽约人透明度。我们欠受益人诚信。我们欠美国人民问责制。”
“当数据不合理时，我们会提出尖锐问题，并期望得到诚实的回答，”他说。”霍楚州长有一个月的时间来分享一个合理的纠正行动计划，以解决纽约州的欺诈、浪费和滥用问题，否则CMS将开始推迟付款以保护医疗补助资金。”
特朗普政府正面临纽约州和新泽西州就冻结哈德逊河隧道联邦资金提起的诉讼，这引发了凯西·霍楚州长的强烈批评。（左图：Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images；右图：Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
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霍楚的一位发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字版，她在唐纳德·特朗普总统重返白宫之前就一直在努力消除医疗补助中的浪费、欺诈和滥用行为。该发言人还表示，霍楚的办公室将与联邦政府合作”识别不良行为者”。然而，发言人也将CMS的调查定性为政治动机。
“早在特朗普政府上台之前，霍楚州长就一直在领导根除浪费、欺诈和滥用的努力——包括全面的CDPAP改革，关闭了数百个浪费的医疗补助中间人，为州和联邦纳税人节省了超过20亿美元，同时保护了有需要的人的家庭护理服务，”霍楚的一位发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字版。
“但让我们明确一点：唐纳德·特朗普和华盛顿共和党人的真正目标是：消除支持我们最弱势群体的项目，并剥夺普通纽约人的医疗保健，”发言人补充道。
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对该州医疗补助管理的调查，正值特朗普与纽约市民主社会主义市长佐兰·曼达尼近期有积极互动之际。两人已互致问候，并于上周在白宫会面。
周二，特朗普在椭圆形办公室发布了曼达尼在《独立宣言》前的照片，并表示：”佐兰走了很长一段路，当然，在椭圆形办公室拥抱了《独立宣言》——这是巨大的进步！”
福克斯新闻数字版也联系了曼达尼的办公室寻求置评。
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