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08-21-2012, 11:37 AM
Health Law Gives Medicare Fraud Fighters New Weapons
Fighting health care fraud in the U.S. can seem like an endless game of Whack-a-Mole. When government fraud squads crack down on one scheme, another pops up close by.
But the fraud squads that look for scams in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs have some new weapons: tools and funding provided by the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare and Medicaid pay out some $750 billion each year to more than 1.5 million doctors, hospitals and medical suppliers. By many estimates, about $65 billion a year is lost to fraud.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/21/158761170/health-law-gives-medicare-fraud-fighters-new-weapons?sc=17&f=1128
Fighting health care fraud in the U.S. can seem like an endless game of Whack-a-Mole. When government fraud squads crack down on one scheme, another pops up close by.
But the fraud squads that look for scams in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs have some new weapons: tools and funding provided by the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare and Medicaid pay out some $750 billion each year to more than 1.5 million doctors, hospitals and medical suppliers. By many estimates, about $65 billion a year is lost to fraud.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/21/158761170/health-law-gives-medicare-fraud-fighters-new-weapons?sc=17&f=1128