CMS Expands AI-Driven Fraud Detection Across Medicare and Medicaid Programs

CMS's Center for Program Integrity is dramatically scaling up its fraud prevention efforts using AI-powered claims screening and a centralized fraud operations center, achieving a 22:1 return on investment in 2025. The agency is shifting from a pay-and-chase model to pre-payment intervention, using real-time risk scoring to flag suspicious claims before funds are released. While the article focuses on Medicare fee-for-service examples, the fraud detection infrastructure and analytic capabilities discussed apply across CMS programs including Medicaid managed care, where program integrity is a core compliance responsibility for MCOs and state oversight agencies.

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