Medicare fraudsters don't need to break into the system, they just have to exploit parts designed to be trusted

A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General examines how durable medical equipment fraud schemes continue to target Medicare. Investigators found many of those schemes rely on exploiting trusted suppliers, physician orders and beneficiary information rather than breaking through technical defenses. Commander Patrick Nuebert, operations officer in the Office of Investigations at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, joins me with more insight.

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