A months-long investigation I worked on with @JohnDHolland22 is out today. We found the federal government loses billions each year because state Medicaid programs and their contractors routinely fail to catch even the most obvious fraud and misspending.

NEW: Minnesota’s law prohibiting excessive price hikes on generic drugs will remain paused after a federal appeals court on Friday declined to reconsider its decision affirming a lower court’s preliminary injunction on the statute. More here for @BLaw:

Three Planned Parenthood affiliates want a federal judge to invalidate a Trump administration notice that the health providers allege imposes unlawful requirements for the government’s grants for teen pregnancy prevention programs. More here for @BLaw:.

NEW: A coalition of state attorneys general is asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a federal pause on Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and other health centers offering abortion care. More here for @BLaw:

A Texas bill would increase penalties for abortion pill distribution. Should it pass, other states could follow, opening states up to legal battles testing how far they can go to limit access to an FDA-approved medication. My latest deep dive for @BLaw:

NEW: A federal judge on Monday blocked Arkansas from enforcing a first-of-its kind law prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies while litigation over the statute continues. More here for @BLaw:.

NEW: All Planned Parenthood locations are protected for now from sweeping Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s tax law under a federal judge’s order expanding a previous injunction that paused enforcement for some affiliates. More here for @BLaw:

Another update in Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against HHS: the group is urging a federal judge to clarify her order temporarily halting Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax law for only some of the national reproductive health provider’s affiliates. For @BLaw:.

NEW: The Trump administration is challenging a federal judge’s order temporarily protecting some Planned Parenthood affiliates from Medicaid cuts in the president’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending law. More here for @BLaw:.

“While we’re grateful that the court recognized the harm caused by this law, we’re disappointed that not all members were granted the necessary relief today,” @PPFA said in response to an order pausing Medicaid cuts for at least some affiliates.

🚨JUST IN: Planned Parenthood is temporarily spared from Medicaid cuts in Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending law under a federal judge’s order Monday pausing enforcement of the provision while litigation plays out. More here for @BLaw:

The anti-DEI focus in NIH cuts means marginalized communities will be disproportionately excluded from research. It's forcing scientists to consider what the future means without the US as a reliable partner. With @eheisig @IanMichaelLopez @ksophiewill:

RT @IanMichaelLopez: .@NIH DEI-related grant cuts have jeopardized future research, forcing scientists to think about how they’ll operate w….

RT @AlexClearfield: A rare work tweet: very proud to be a part of this excellent story on NIH grants with @cecelou18 @IanMichaelLopez @ehei….

Family planning clinics are turning to states to temporarily fill gaps left by deep cuts in the Trump administration’s multi-trillion-dollar spending law that are poised to dramatically curtail reproductive health care access. My latest for @BLaw:.

NEW: A major family planning care provider in Maine is suing the Trump administration over its new prohibition on Medicaid dollars going to Planned Parenthood and other large reproductive health centers that offer abortion care. More here for @BLaw:

The Minnesota attorney general is urging a federal appeals court to reconsider a panel’s ruling upholding a lower court’s pause on a state law prohibiting excessive price hikes on generic drugs. More here for @BLaw:

RT @IanMichaelLopez: The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a large network engineers and analysts in India and rapidly increased….

The largest Medicaid claims processor has built a network of at least 1,800 employees in India, even though many of its state contracts require work to be done in the US unless waivers are issued. The latest investigation from @JohnDHolland22 and me:

NEW: Planned Parenthood is suing the Trump administration over its new multitrillion-dollar tax and spending law, claiming it unconstitutionally targets the group by barring its health centers from receiving Medicaid reimbursement. More from @BobVanVoris:

UPDATE: A third organization, Converge, serving Mississippi and Tennessee said it was also notified by the HHS on Wednesday of its restored funding.