Ron DeSantis Found the Right Way to Fight Medicaid Fraud and It’s A Model For Every Other State

Florida is doing it differently. And the rest of the country needs

to pay attention.

Last month, Governor DeSantis launched a statewide Medicaid Integrity Initiative built around one core principle: catch the fraudsters before they enroll, not years later after prosecutors show up with an indictment. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration is partnering with identity-verification firm SentiLink to detect stolen identities, synthetic identities, and hidden ownership structures at the enrollment stage. Every active Medicaid provider in the state has to revalidate credentials or get dropped. High-risk provider categories face enrollment moratoriums. No legitimate provider loses a dime for doing their job honestly.