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Season 1Episode 396

States Weigh In on Medicaid Fraud

Sep 24, 2026
59:50

Episode Description

A live conversation with a bipartisan group of state Medicaid leaders on the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-fraud push.


Guests:

  • Amir Bassiri, Medicaid Director, New York State Department of Health
  • Paula Chatterjee, Director of Innovation, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Drew Gonshorowski, Former Medicaid Director, State of Nebraska
  • Kevin Lownds, Division Chief, Medicaid Fraud Division, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office


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