Dr. Mehmet Oz says labs billed Medicare for tests never performed as President Donald Trump's CMS uses AI to flag suspicious billing patterns.

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ALBANY, N.Y., May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year. It costs Medicare beneficiaries time, stress, their medical identities, and potentially their health.

Healthcare workers, billing specialists, and medical professionals frequently encounter fraudulent practices that drain billions of dollars from Medicare programs annually. Yet many individuals who ...