Agency leader says AI is helping resource-strained workforce identify more fraud
An official from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Center for Program Integrity said that artificial intelligence helps the workforce "figure out where the risk is the greatest." tsingha25 / Getty Images
May 5, 2026 04:00 PM ET
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services official also said the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in government are enabling her to “push the needle” with using the technology.
An anti-fraud official from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that artificial intelligence is enhancing her workforce’s capability to spot scams.
“There's a lot of fraud in the healthcare sector. The estimates on the conservative side are about $100 billion and, depending on who else you talk to, you can easily double or triple that with different calculations,” said Jeneen Iwugo — the acting director for the CMS Center for Program Integrity — at the UiPath Public...
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