Indiana Gov. Mike Braun talks about his push to root out fraud and cut costs in an interview at his Statehouse office on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana leaders will give “extra” scrutiny to Medicaid and other federally funded, state-administered social services programs as part of a new entity focused on fraud, waste and abuse.
Gov. Mike Braun created the Council on Fraud Detection and Prevention in a Monday executive order, which notes Indiana runs the same child nutrition programs implicated in Minnesota fraud schemes. Federal investigations began in 2021 and the first round of criminal charges were unveiled in 2022…