Dr. Oz claims to have uncovered rampant well being care fraud in California, declaring he’s discovered a whopping 42 hospices in only a 4 block radius.
Oz, the top of the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid, posted a video Tuesday cruising by means of Van Nuys, pointing to medical buildings plastered with Armenian writing and claiming they’re tied to a multibillion-dollar hospice and home-care fraud scheme.
“On this 4 block space in Los Angeles, there are 42 hospices,” Dr. Oz stated, “So, both there are lots of people dying right here, otherwise you bought a fraudulent exercise that’s so good everybody needs to get in on it.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom blasted Dr. Mehmet Oz for cosplaying as a “fraud fighter,” and pushed again on his claims that Los Angeles County has develop into the “epicenter of well being care fraud in America.”
“Wonderful to observe Dr. Oz cosplay as a fraud fighter for an effort the STATE launched years in the past — again when he was busy pitching ‘miracle’ horse dietary supplements to insomniacs on late-night TV,” Newsom’s workplace stated in a social media submit Tuesday.
Dr. Oz introduced earlier this month that the Trump administration was cracking down on well being care fraud in California, claiming a community run by Russian and Armenia gangs is working with docs to acquire medicare numbers and enroll sufferers into Hospice.
“They’ve bought 100,000 sufferers who they’ve tricked or paid to present them their beneficiary numbers to allow them to perpetuate the fraud after which the criminals are simply working the entire group and shortly scurrying away when regulation enforcement does get round to prosecute them,” Dr. Oz stated.
However for the reason that preliminary announcement on Jan 9, the CMS Administrator has not revealed any new or particular circumstances which have stemmed from the investigation – solely referring to fraud circumstances which have already been tried.
Newsom refuted claims of large fraud, and underscored his resolution in 2022 to ban all new hospices in addition to revoke greater than 280 licenses to fight fraud and abuse within the business.
The California Governor and the previous TV physician have traded jabs in current days.
On Wednesday, Newsom introduced he’s trying into reviews that Dr. Oz was intentionally profiling Armenian-owned enterprise.
“Our workplace is reviewing reviews that Dr. Mehmet Oz focused the Armenian American group in Southern California lately — making racially charged claims of fraud exterior Armenian owned companies, together with a well-liked bakery,” Newsom’s press workplace wrote on X Wednesday morning.
The workplace appeared make an indirect suggestion that Oz’s Turkish heritage performed a task within the amenities he identified as collaborating within the rising alleged fraud scheme.
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“Given the historic sensitivities concerned, we’re taking these allegations critically,” Newsom’s workplace stated. “Any and all acts of hate don’t have any place in California.”
Dr. Oz stated crooks are dishonest taxpayers to the tune of $3.5 billion in Hospice and House Care fraud schemes, and vowed the Trump administration “shouldn’t be going to tolerate this anymore.”
