Oz previews new plan to push states toward revalidating Medicaid providers

Summary: Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of Medicare and Medicaid, is cracking down on healthcare fraud. He announced that all states have 30 days to create a plan to check if their Medicaid doctors are real and properly licensed. In some places, thousands of doctors are listed, but only a small fraction can actually prove who they are. Dr. Oz says states need to take this seriously to protect the program and taxpayer money. If states don't fix the problem, the federal government will step in with strict audits.

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