Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
The administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed this week that his office is eyeing Florida for instances of potential health care fraud.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, also known as Dr. Oz, wrote on March 17 on X that what he saw in Florida “around durable medical equipment fraud was horrifying” and indicated that Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, are “next up” in his fraud investigation.
“The scale is out of control—and not just limited to these schemes,”he said in the post.
“The reality is that fraud in our government health programs is widespread, sophisticated, and deeply entrenched.”
The announcement appears to signal that Florida is the first GOP-controlled state to be targeted by CMS in a crackdown on health care fraud. Previously,New York,Minnesota, andCaliforniawere the states that Oz had focused on.
DeSantis’s office did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
Authorities in Florida suggested that they would work with the Trump administration in rooting out fraud in health programs.
Jason Weida, chief of staff for the Florida governor, responded that the state is working with Oz and CMS to discover any criminal activity.
“We have zero tolerance for waste, fraud, and abuse—and we will aggressively deploy every resource necessary to root it out at any level in our state,”he wrote in a post on X.
Source: ZeroHedge News
