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CMS hopes to quadruple provider suspensions over next six months, official says

Deputy CMS Administrator Kim Brandt speaks during a press conference on the Trump administration's anti-fraud initiatives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on May 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

ByChristian Robles,
Technology Reporter, Nextgov/FCW

October 15, 2026 06:38 PM ET

A new exclusion authority is the Trump administration’s latest step in a technology-enabled drive to restrict fraud, waste and abuse.

SANTA FE, N.M. — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to expand provider suspensions and publish the results of a pilot testing whether artificial intelligence can prevent Medicaid fraud, a senior agency official said Thursday.

The two moves are the latest in the Trump administration’s technology-enabled driveto trim fraud, waste and abuse in federal health care programs. The push has helped yield $41.9 billion in savings for fiscal year 2025, or a 59% increase over the previous year, according to a...

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When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

Zach Yadegari has enjoyed an immense amount of success for someone who only recently graduated from high school. Founder of the AI-fueled calorie tracking app Cal AI, Yadegari is only 19, but his company has rocketed to viral fame over the past two years. At TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday, Yadegari

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Microsoft boasts that Windows 11 is now 'up to 20% more responsive', with the new Photos app also benefiting…

* Windows 11 is now 'up to 20% more responsive,' Microsoft tells us, based on benchmarking typical interface workloads * Apparently, this performance honing 'can make an especially meaningful difference on PCs with 8GB of memory' * A new Photos app is also out, which is a good deal

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Two US officials and a Western official say the order to limit Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starshield came from inside the White House

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US Navy could see first VTOL X-BAT UAV 'by end of this month' as external funding reaches $200 million —…

* Shield AI expects its first full-scale X-BAT prototype by October's end * X-BAT aims to fly 2,000 nautical miles and reach 50,000 feet * The aircraft's projected combat radius ranges from 1,000 to 1,340 nautical miles Shield AI expects to unveil its full-scale X-BAT

A new exclusion authority is the Trump administration’s latest step in a technology-enabled drive to restrict fraud, waste and abuse.

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When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

Microsoft boasts that Windows 11 is now 'up to 20% more responsive', with the new Photos app also benefiting…

Two US officials and a Western official say the order to limit Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starshield came from inside the White House

US Navy could see first VTOL X-BAT UAV 'by end of this month' as external funding reaches $200 million —…