During a recent Fox News appearance, CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz discussed his mission to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse from Medicare & Medicaid services.
“My mission is to protect the most vulnerable because I’ll tell you, as a heart surgeon, the most expensive care is bad care… right now, my main focus without any question is to wage a war on fraud, waste and abuse because that’s what’s required—all hands on deck,” Oz told Fox News’ Bill Hemmer.
“There are so many things we can do in America to improve care … here’s the good news: we can empower beneficiaries — give you tools — and that’s coming down the pike at you,” Oz said. “We can make sure providers have better opportunities and incentivize them to do the right thing, because ogetn times in CMS we’ve gotten folks to do things wrong because we pay them to do it incorrectly.”
“Hundreds of billions of dollars potentially out there — it won’t all be collected at once,” Oz said. “If you thought USAID was a problem, some of the issues we are discovering, some of the things CMS has been funding through Medicare and Medicaid and the exchanges will bring a shiver to you.”
Watch the clip below:
.@DrOzCMS: “My mission is to protect the most vulnerable because I’ll tell you, as a heart surgeon, the most expensive care is bad care… right now, my main focus without any question is to wage a war on fraud, waste and abuse because that’s what’s required—all hands on deck.” pic.twitter.com/uLcQYQ3bE4
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