Dr. Oz uses AI to perform radical surgery to remove fraud

Dr.Mehmet Oz is fast becoming a taxpayer’s dream at the helm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Fighting “waste, fraud, and abuse” isn’t just a tired slogan to him — it’s a mandate.

And he’s enforcing it. He arrived with a reputation as the new sheriff in town: Few physicians would want to take on the task of digging through a toxic pile of fraud, where scammers long enjoyed siphoning billions from taxpayers.His mandate was straightforward: Visit the nation’s worst hotspots — of which there is no shortage.California, of course, ranked at the top, having earned a reputation as the epicenter of healthcare fraud.The public mood reflected that dark reality. Outrage was on full display across social media.

One particularly cynical joke captured it: Maybe the state’s tourism brochure should be updated: “Come visit the burned-out homes, ghost hospice centers, and bureaucrats operating ‘auto-pen’ payments to fraudsters.”Into that mess stepped Dr.Oz.He took a page from Elon Musk’s playbook, setting in motion the “DOGE-ing” of California with data-detection tools.

Fraudsters, even the most seasoned “criminal enterprises,” were no match for AI systems that never sleep and never miss a detection line — processing millions of data points and cross-referencing hundreds of thousands of claims.Dr.Oz didn’t have to look far to find the most egregious activity.

Taxpayers got an eyeful as the physician and federal agents zeroed in on one of the most financially abusive — and remarkably amateurish targets: the hospice and homecare industry.He encountered a labyrinth of criminal clusters — but, to taxpayers’ satisfaction, systematically organized into red flags by AI.Not one to remain in a cubicle, Dr.

Oz and his federal agents made a targeted on-site visit, sparking statewide outrage at the sheer scale of fraud and brazen scheme perpetrated on taxpayers. They stood outside a dilapidated strip mall — as media came...