Vice President JD Vance is leading a broad anti-fraud push that uses AI tools and CMS cooperation to flag and shut down suspicious providers, suspend funds tied to fraud, and expand investigations beyond a few hard-hit states into a nationwide effort that the administration says has already uncovered billions.
The new task force is built to move fast and act decisively, pairing political will with technical muscle to root out waste in programs taxpayers depend on. This is a deliberate, aggressive strategy that leans on data and automation so investigations don’t get bogged down by slow, manual processes. The administration is making clear it will follow the fraud trail wherever it leads and will not hesitate to cut off funding when patterns point to abuse.
Work is already underway with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under Dr. Mehmet Oz, and the results are visible in recent enforcement. In Los Angeles, 70 hospice and home health providers were flagged as high risk and had their funding paused in a single week after being identified by the task force and CMS. “As the task force to root out waste, fraud and abuse ramps up its work, we expect [the number of potentially fraudulent hospice and home health providers] to grow exponentially,” a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.
The team used the same detection template that uncovered systemic issues in Minnesota, a case that led to serious financial consequences. Officials moved to withhold $259.5 million in Medicaid funds from the state amid those fraud concerns, and that action sent a clear message that money will only flow when systems are clean and accountable. That approach signals a shift from passive oversight to proactive enforcement.
This task force is not limiting itself by party lines, though the president made his view clear when announcing the effort. “It seems that it’s usually in blue states,” the president said, and the administration has publicly signaled increased scrutiny on Democratic-led jurisdictions while noting red states will be addressed where problems exist. The message is straightforward: fraud is the enemy, and geography won’t protect the dishonest.
The core of the operation is an AI-driven fraud detection system that flags suspect claims for review or outright blocks those that look illegitimate. Previously, Human Services and CMS often had to manually dis-enroll flagged organizations, which allowed bad actors to keep operating longer. The new platform speeds up that process and makes enforcement more fluid and less dependent on paper trails and slow audits.
To scale the program, the task force is actively recruiting CMS technologists to deploy the detection tools nationwide and to integrate them with existing oversight operations. “Vice President Vance looks forward to carrying out the President’s War on Fraud,” a Vance spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. “The American people deserve better than being ripped off by people who hate this country, and the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud will ensure that essential taxpayer-funded services are used to support the hard-working Americans who rely on them, instead of being used by fraudsters and criminals.”
Past investigations illustrate why the administration is moving with urgency. Authorities in Minnesota probed a major nonprofit and uncovered roughly $250 million in fraudulent claims, leading to 78 criminal charges and indications that the broader scheme may involve far larger sums. Those findings helped shape the current strategy and underscored how widespread and organized some of these scams can be.
Vice President Vance says the administration’s work has already turned up massive numbers that justify the national push. Vance revealed the government has uncovered “$19 billion at least” since probing the Twin Cities, and he has pointed to California as another likely center of large-scale fraud. “We know there’s a lot of fraud in California, and we’re trying to get to the bottom of exactly what it looks like and what we’ve done in the Trump administration,” Vance said in response to a question by Fox News Digital.
The task force plans sustained pressure: deploying AI detection, cutting funding where fraud is clear, and expanding criminal and civil referrals where warranted. “And the president has really empowered us to do this, is to take the first national look at the way the American people have been defrauded over many, many years,” Vance added, signaling a long-term commitment to cleaning up programs and protecting taxpayer dollars.
