In hour 3, Mark is joined by Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to discuss federal efforts to eliminate fraudulent healthcare enrollments and protect program integrity. Dr. Oz also breaks down new federal funding targeting rural Missouri hospitals and EMS training, examines the role of artificial intelligence in assisting medical diagnoses, and touches on voluntary postpartum mental health home visits for new mothers. Mark is later joined by George Rosenthal, co-owner of Throttlenet, for Tech Talk Tuesday to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. George breaks down an internal testing breach involving Google Gemini that occurred earlier in the year, examines how AI is shifting online shopping behaviors away from traditional search links, and explores the rise of local processing for no-cloud smart home technology. He wraps up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.





