
LOS ANGELES / CPAC — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz delivered a blistering exposé on hospice fraud Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, spotlighting Los Angeles County as the epicenter of what he called one of the largest Medicare scams in U.S. history. Citing explosive new data, Dr. Oz revealed that Los Angeles County alone is home to nearly 2,000 Medicare-certified hospice facilities—roughly one-third of the entire national total—despite representing only a tiny fraction of Americans who actually require end-of-life care. “This isn’t about compassion,” Oz told the crowd. “This is about greed.” A
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