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The Louisiana Department of Health will use a new artificial intelligence and data analysis tool to fight “fraud, waste and abuse.” state officials have announced.
As Louisiana Illuminator reports, researchers at the UL Lafayette have been tapped to develop the tool, which could be deployed within a week to begin looking for instances of fraud in the Medicaid program.
The initiative is part of a larger effort by state officials to curb costs. The state health department has created a “Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse” task force to detect wrongdoing within Medicaid, Undersecretary Drew Maranto says. The agency will partner with LA DOGE, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s version of Elon Musk’s controversial Department of Government Efficiency.
The AI technology is being trained on national data and peer-reviewed publications that have identified fraud and will be tasked with finding similar patterns in Louisiana’s Medicaid data,
UL Lafayette Vice President for Research Ramesh Kolluru says. Staff within the Louisiana Department of Health will verify any findings.
