Congress Demands Action on “Staggering” California Fraud Scheme
A coalition of senior House Republicans is demanding answers from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) following revelations of massive Medicare home health and hospice fraud centered in Los Angeles County, where federal data show unprecedented spikes in questionable billing and provider growth.
In a joint letter released January 13, House Committee Chairs Brett Guthrie, John Joyce, Morgan Griffith, Jason Smith, David Schweikert, and Vern Buchanan requested an urgent meeting with federal health watchdogs, citing “large-scale, ongoing Medicare fraud” in California’s largest county. The request follows alarming evidence suggesting that the county has become the epicenter of one of the nation’s most brazen health-care fraud schemes.
Among the findings: Los Angeles County now accounts for 18 percent of all home health billing in the United States, despite representing only a small fraction of the nation’s senior population. The county has nearly 2,000 hospice agencies—more than 36 states combined—and 30 times more than Florida or New York. In one instance, a single physician allegedly billed the federal government $120 million in one year while claiming to supervise 1,900 patients.
“How is that possible?” Rep. Jason Smith, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement. “We’ve seen reports of hospices operating out of strip malls, unmarked buildings, even a wrecking yard. It’s an entire paper empire draining taxpayer dollars that should go to real care.”
A 2022 state audit revealed that more than 112 hospice agencies were registered to the same physical address in Los Angeles County. Federal auditors estimate that hospice fraud cost Medicare $198 million in fiscal year 2023, while improper home health payments reached $1.2 billion. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has since labeled the home health sector as “high risk” for fraud and abuse.
Despite national declines in home health agencies over the past five years, Los Angeles County has seen explosive growth — a 46 percent increase since 2019, even as the total number of U.S. providers fell by six percent. More than 1,400 new home health agencies have registered in the county since 2019, accounting for over half of all new providers in California and nearly 14 percent of the national total.
Republican lawmakers are now questioning how this growth escaped federal scrutiny. Their letter cites systemic failures by accrediting organizations, which they say “rubber-stamped” Medicare enrollment applications without verifying locations, ownership, or legitimate patient activity.
California’s Department of Health and the state auditor have also warned of extensive overbilling, estimating that hospice agencies in Los Angeles County alone overcharged Medicare by at least $105 million in 2019. The problem, federal investigators suggest, has only worsened.
Rep. Guthrie said the House Energy and Commerce Committee intends to use its subpoena power if federal agencies fail to deliver clear answers. “We’ve got evidence that these operations are not just fraudulent—they’re criminal enterprises exploiting our most vulnerable,” Guthrie said.
HHS OIG has pledged to complete a full audit by fiscal year 2026 identifying trends and patterns in hospice and home health billing. The department previously acknowledged that “rapid, disproportionate growth and excessive geographic clustering” are classic indicators of fraud.
The revelations follow multiple arrests in 2025 linked to Armenian organized crime groups accused of laundering tens of millions through fake hospice operations in the greater Los Angeles area. The Health Care Fraud Strike Force — a joint federal-state task force — said it dismantled five such networks last year, but investigators believe the problem remains widespread.
CMS issued new rules in late 2025 to strengthen Medicare provider verification and ownership transparency, but lawmakers say enforcement has lagged. “This is the largest concentration of suspected Medicare fraud in the country,” said Rep. Smith. “Gavin Newsom’s California could just as well be another Minnesota — a state government asleep at the switch while billions vanish.”
The House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is now coordinating with HHS OIG to schedule hearings on what members call “systemic federal negligence.”
“Every fraudulent claim is a dollar stolen from a senior who needs real care,” said Rep. Buchanan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health. “We are determined to shut this down.”
"Stunning Development — Trump's Top Official Is OUT.. White House Stunned"
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s mission to secure the homeland saw a major leadership shift Thursday as Todd Lyons, the acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced his resignation.
The move comes as the administration aggressively restructures the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to dismantle the remnants of the Biden-era "open-border" policies and replace them with a battle-hardened team dedicated to the President’s mass deportation agenda.
A ‘PHENOMENAL PATRIOT’ LEAVES A RECORD LEGACY
Lyons, a 20-year veteran of DHS, submitted his resignation to the newly minted Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. While Lyons will remain until May to assist with the transition, his tenure has already left a permanent mark on the agency’s mission.
In just one year under the current administration, Lyons oversaw a staggering 584,000 removals — a decisive reversal from the Biden years, where an estimated 12 million illegals were allowed to flood across the border.
“Todd is a phenomenal patriot and dedicated leader,” said top Trump adviser Stephen Miller. “He has been at the center of President Trump’s historic efforts to secure our homeland and reverse the Democrats’ sinister border invasion.”
INTERNAL BATTLES: THE FIGHT FOR THE INTERIOR
The resignation follows a period of rumored tension within DHS. Sources indicate that Lyons was a staunch ally of Border Czar Tom Homan, with both men favoring an aggressive, uncompromising approach to interior enforcement.
The "Homan-Lyons" camp reportedly clashed with more moderate voices over the speed and visibility of the mass deportation initiative. Despite the friction, Homan praised Lyons for his "distinguished" career and his ability to achieve record-breaking results despite "unprecedented challenges."
CLEANING HOUSE: BORDER PATROL TAKES THE REINS
The leadership change coincides with a massive overhaul of ICE field offices across the country. In a bold move to increase arrest numbers and visibility, the administration has begun removing senior ICE officials in five major cities:
Denver
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Diego
In many cases, these career bureaucrats are being replaced by senior Border Patrol agents — the front-line warriors of the administration’s enforcement campaign.
While reports suggest DHS initially planned to fire the directors in these cities, Lyons reportedly intervened, urging they be reassigned to headquarters rather than terminated. It was a final act of leadership for a man who has spent two decades in the trenches.
THE BOTTOM LINE: NO MORE EXCUSES
With Secretary Mullin now at the helm and the "architect" Stephen Miller steering the strategy, the message from the White House is clear: The time for quiet diplomacy is over.
The administration is quietly but firmly restructuring DHS to ensure that the mass deportation initiative isn’t just a policy — it’s a high-profile, high-impact campaign to restore the rule of law.
Stay tuned to Fox News as we continue to track the administration’s historic efforts to secure the American border.
HUGE 5-4 Ruling from Supreme Court - Barack Obama's Signature Policy GUTTED
WASHINGTON — A stunning breach of the Supreme Court’s inner sanctum has pulled back the curtain on a high-stakes ideological war that changed the course of American energy. Documents obtained by the New York Times—in what many are calling a calculated hit job on the Court’s integrity—reveal the frantic behind-the-scenes effort to stop an Obama-era regulatory "power grab" before it could dismantle the nation’s energy grid.
The target was the "Clean Power Plan," a sweeping EPA initiative that critics warned would gut the coal and gas industries. But the real story is how the Court’s conservative wing saw through the "emergency" and moved to protect the U.S. economy from a point of no return.
The Roberts Warning: "Irreparable Harm"
At the center of the storm was Chief Justice John Roberts. In memos that were never meant to see the light of day, Roberts sounded the alarm on the EPA’s attempt to "radically reshape" the American energy sector before a single judge could fully vet the law.
The Threat: Roberts warned that without immediate intervention, the Obama administration would cause a "substantial and irreversible reordering" of how Americans get their power.
The Justification: He argued that Republican-led states and private industries would suffer "irreparable harm" from a rule that was, in his words, "highly unlikely to survive" a legal challenge.
Justice Samuel Alito went even further, circulating a memo warning that if the Court failed to act, its own "institutional legitimacy" would be rendered a "nullity."
The Liberal Pushback and the "Shadow" Narrative
While the conservative majority moved to protect the constitutional order, the Court’s liberal wing, led by Justice Elena Kagan, fought to let the Obama agenda proceed. They labeled the move as an "unusual" use of the emergency docket—a process the media has since dubbed the "Shadow Docket" to cast a veil of suspicion over the Court's routine operations.
Kagan expressed "real pause" at the speed of the intervention, setting the stage for a 5-4 ideological split that effectively froze the Clean Power Plan in its tracks.
Behind Closed Doors: While the Obama White House publicly called the ruling a "limited setback," the leaked memos confirm that administration officials were privately "blindsided" by the Court’s refusal to let the EPA run rampant.
A "Porous and Partisan" Institution?
The real scandal, according to legal experts, isn't the ruling itself, but the fact that the Court’s confidential deliberations are being weaponized in the public square. Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley slammed the leak as a deliberate attempt to "wound" the Court.
"For an institution that prides itself on its confidentiality and insularity, the court is looking increasingly porous and partisan in these leaks," Turley wrote.
This marks the second major breach of the Court’s privacy following the 2022 Dobbs leak, raising terrifying questions about whether the "Deep State" or partisan actors have successfully infiltrated the nation’s highest temple of justice.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
Barack Obama’s attempt to regulate the energy sector into oblivion was stopped by a Chief Justice who saw the disaster coming. But with confidential memos now being used as political ammunition, the question remains: Is any part of the U.S. government safe from partisan sabotage?
Should we investigate the source of these "inappropriate" leaks further, or would you like to see a report on how the current administration is attempting to revive these same "Clean Power" regulations today?
DA Fanı Willis Found GUILTY — Ordered to Pay MASSIVE Fine to Trump
THE COLLAPSE OF A WITCH HUNT: JUDGE MCAFEE DENIES WILLIS INTERVENTION IN FEE RECOVERY
WASHINGTON — The politically motivated crusade against President Donald Trump has officially turned into a multi-million dollar disaster for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. In a landmark ruling this week, Judge Scott McAfee has dealt a crushing blow to the disqualified prosecutor.
Judge McAfee has officially denied Fani Willis’s desperate request to intervene in the ongoing litigation regarding the reimbursement of legal fees. This decision paves the way for President Trump and his co-defendants to recover nearly $17 million.
The ruling follows the total collapse of the high-profile RICO case that Willis initiated in 2023. After the prosecution was dismissed last November, the focus shifted to the massive legal expenses incurred by the innocent patriots targeted by Willis’s office.
Trump himself is seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fees, citing a 2025 Georgia law designed to protect citizens from prosecutorial misconduct. Judge McAfee’s ruling ensures that Willis can no longer block the recovery process she desperately tried to halt.
FULTON COUNTY ON THE HOOK: THE MASSIVE PRICE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT
The financial implications of this ruling are staggering for the people of Fulton County. Judge McAfee noted that while Willis is barred from participating due to her disqualification, the county itself has been granted permission to intervene to protect its interests.
Fani Willis’s office attempted to block the fee claims by arguing that the 2025 Georgia statute was unconstitutional. However, the court was not swayed by her "bad faith" arguments, choosing instead to uphold the rule of law and the rights of the defendants.
The dispute stems from the "significant appearance of impropriety" created by Willis’s romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. This scandal led to her wholesale disqualification from the case by the Georgia Court of Appeals in December 2024.
With Willis now effectively sidelined, a temporary District Attorney has been appointed to oversee the fallout. The court’s refusal to pause the reimbursement process signals that the era of using taxpayer money to fund political vendettas is officially coming to an end.
"PUT HER IN JAIL": TRUMP VINDICATED AS GEORGIA RICO CASE DISINTEGRATES
President Donald Trump has been vocal about the damage Fani Willis inflicted on the justice system and the lives of the 18 patriots indicted alongside him. Following the ruling, Trump reiterated his call for Willis to face actual criminal accountability for her actions.
"What Fani Willis did to innocent people, patriots that love our country, she should be put in jail," Trump stated. His legal team, led by attorney Steve Sadow, praised Judge McAfee for properly denying Willis’s motion and moving toward full restitution for the defense.
The Georgia Supreme Court’s previous refusal to review Willis’s removal in September 2025 was the final nail in the coffin for her political ambitions. Now, she faces the prospect of being remembered as the prosecutor whose bias cost her county $17 million.
As the evaluation process for the $17 million in claims begins, the American people are seeing a clear victory for law and order. The mandate of the 2024 election and the 119th Congress remains focused on purging the system of radical actors who weaponize the law.
SECURING THE FUTURE: THE RECKONING FOR RADICAL LAWFARE AGENTS
The fall of Fani Willis is a masterclass in the consequences of radical overreach. By attempting to use the RICO Act to contest a legitimate election challenge, Willis exposed the deep-seated corruption within the DNC’s legal strategy against President Trump.
The 2026 midterms and the ongoing MAGA mandate are built on the foundation of fiscal sanity and judicial integrity. This $17 million reimbursement is a necessary first step in healing a justice system that was nearly broken by the "woke" obsession with political revenge.
As the litigation proceeds over the coming months, every legal citizen and taxpayer should remain vigilant. The victory in Georgia proves that when patriots fight back with the truth, the radical elite and their fraudulent "witch hunts" eventually crumble under the weight of justice.
God bless America and the leaders who refuse to be intimidated by the mob. The reckoning for Fani Willis has arrived, and the return to a simple, secure, and transparent government is unstoppable. Trump’s vision for a fair and honest America is winning, one ruling at a time.
