Jetson Leder-Luis
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| Occupation | Economist, professor |
| Known for | Research on fraud in U.S. federal spending |
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| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Public economics, fraud in government spending |
Jetson Leder-Luis is an American economist and professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business. His academic research addresses fraud in US federal spending.[1][2] He currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud[3] and is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[4] He previously served as Senior Advisor for Healthcare Fraud at the United States Department of Health and Human Services.[5]
Academic career
Leder-Luis received his bachelors in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Economics from the California Institute of Technology in 2014 as a Stamps Scholar.[6] He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2020 and was awarded the Annual Dissertation Award by the American Society of Hispanic Economics.[7]
Leder-Luis has been an Assistant Professor at Boston University's Questrom School of Business since 2020.
Research
Leder-Luis's research focuses on fraud in public programs, especially Medicare. In a study published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Leder-Luis found that whistleblowing under the False Claims Act produces substantial deterrence effects and yields a high return-on-investment for the federal government.[8][9]
In research co-authored with Paul Eliason and others, published in the Journal of Political Economy, Leder-Luis and co-authors found that prior authorization requirements reduced fraudulent Medicare ambulance spending by approximately two-thirds without affecting patient care, arguing that fraud prevention produces greater savings than ex-post approaches such as litigation. This work has been cited in discussions about improving anti-fraud detection and AI implementation in federal programs.[10][11]
In a 2025 study published in the American Economic Review, co-authored with Jon Gruber, Leder-Luis and co-authors found that the growth of for-profit hospices generated net cost savings for Medicare, sparking debate over the program's expansion.[12] The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) responded publicly, arguing that the study failed to account for differences in care quality between nonprofit and for-profit providers, and that for-profit hospices' cost efficiency reflected a business model of targeting lower-intensity, longer-stay patients rather than genuine improvements in care.[13] NPHI cited MedPAC data showing for-profit hospice margins of 19.2% compared to 5.2% for nonprofits, and a RAND survey of over 650,000 patients in which families reported worse experiences with for-profit providers across all measured categories.[13]
Government service
In September 2025, Leder-Luis was appointed Senior Advisor for Healthcare Fraud at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.[14]
In March 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, an interagency body chaired by Vice President JD Vance and charged with coordinating federal efforts to combat fraud, waste, and abuse across government benefit programs including healthcare, housing, food assistance, and cash assistance.[15] In April 2026, Leder-Luis was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the task force.[16][17]
References
- ↑ Wallace-Wells, Benjamin (2025-06-16). "What Did Elon Musk Accomplish at DOGE?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "How Fraud Costs the Government Out of Billions Every Year". Bloomberg. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ "The White House Gave an Anti-Fraud Leader a Conflict-of-Interest Waiver". NOTUS. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ "NBER Appoints 27 Research Associates, 47 Faculty Research Fellows". NBER. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "HHS names new Senior Advisor for Healthcare Fraud | OrangeSlices AI". 2025-07-24. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "Jetson Leder-Luis, California Institute of Technology '14 - Stamps Foundation - Stamps Foundation Blog". Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ Lab, Pfister (2020-12-07). "2020 Dissertation Awardee". American Society of Hispanic Economists. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "States prepare as fraudsters get set to pounce on infrastructure law windfalls | Analysis". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ Soltan, Liz (2025-10-30). "New Economic Study: Healthcare Whistleblowers Save Government 10x Settlement Amounts". Whistleblower Partners LLP. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ O'Donnell, James. "Can AI help DOGE slash government budgets? It's complex". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ Sheffey, Ayelet. "The door is open for Musk's DOGE to achieve a quick win: Slashing billions of dollars in fraud in federal programs like Medicare". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "Study: Hospice care provides major Medicare savings". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2024-10-24. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "NPHI Responds to MIT Study: Advocates for High-Quality, Compassionate Hospice Care Over Profit-Driven Models". National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation. 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "Jetson Leder-Luis Named Senior Advisor for Healthcare Fraud at U.S. Department of HHS". Insights@Questrom. 2025-09-18. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud". The White House. March 16, 2026. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ "Jetson Leder-Luis Named Deputy Executive Director of White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud". Insights@Questrom, Boston University. April 6, 2026. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ "The White House Gave an Anti-Fraud Leader a Conflict-of-Interest Waiver". NOTUS. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
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