The Trump administration has discovered the crisis of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. In the words of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, “the full weight of the federal government is going after healthcare fraudsters—protecting American families and patients.” Oz has estimated $100 billion in annual fraud in Medicaid alone. His agency recently shut down 800 Los Angeles-based hospices that were paid $1.4 billion for alleged sham services last year.
