Dr Oz takes Americans behind the doors of ‘clubhouse for crooks’ as feds hunt Medicare fraud

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz is presenting a 27-minute documentary about the Trump administration’s efforts to investigate suspected fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and other taxpayer-funded health programmes. The film highlights alleged schemes involving hospice care and senior day centres, and comes amid federal investigations and a wider crackdown.

Oz says roughly 2,000 hospice providers operate in the Los Angeles area, raising concerns about billing, and alleges some operators falsely enrolled patients as terminally ill; these claims are presented as allegations. In New York City, more than 80 providers received warning letters over questionable billing, including apparent inconsistencies in attendance and transport claims. The article also links the intensified focus to Minnesota’s $250 million Feeding Our Future case, which has led to federal convictions.