All Articles In 'Fraud and Abuse'
Health Care Fraud: Using Health Services Research to Detect Fraud and Abuse
Fraud in the health care system is a significant and growing threat. The FBI estimates that between 3% and 10% of all health care expenditures are lost to fraud each year – up to $280 billion [...]
5 Causes of Wasteful Health Care Spending
A painful fact about the U.S. health system is that roughly one third of health costs and spending are wasted. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that wasted health spending [...]
Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health Provisions in American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Updated)
Here is a summary of the Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care related provisions of H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, as passed by House and Senate as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations. [...]
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud: Breakdown of Types of Healthcare Provider Fraud and Abuse Cases
Fraud and abuse are common and persistent problems for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Combined federal and state spending now exceeds $1 trillion, with fraud and abuse likely costing taxpayers well over $100 billion [...]
All-Payor Claims Database: A Useful Tool to Increase Transparency and Reduce Costs
States might find it useful to have a database replete with health care service claims data to identify Medicaid fraud, evaluate disease trends, establish cost and utilization rates, and share price information with consumers. Typically such [...]
Medicaid: Recommendations for Strengthening Medicaid Program Integrity
Federal and state Medicaid spending currently exceeds $460 billion and, with this, accountability is necessary on all levels. To ensure Medicaid program integrity: Consistent incentives must be offered for better health outcomes. Services must be used [...]
Medicare Secondary Payer: Options for Improving Medicare Payment Recoveries from Individual, Non-Group Health Plans
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), charged with protecting Medicare’s fiscal integrity, works to recover payments made by Medicare that are the responsibility of non-group health plans. While CMS has not always been aware [...]
Medicare and Medicaid Compliance: OIG Advice for Operating an Effective Compliance Program
Comprehensive compliance programs are essential for all hospitals, health systems, physician practices, Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid health plans, Medicare prescription drug plans, drug manufacturers, medical device makers, long-term care providers, and others doing business with Medicare, Medicaid, or [...]
Compliance Challenges of Health Reform: Questions Compliance Professionals Should Ask as They Prepare for Health Care Reform
With an array of payment reforms, quality and safety requirements, massive expansion of Medicaid, and creation of the new State Health Benefit Exchange marketplace, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents extraordinary new challenges for compliance, especially [...]
Medicaid Fraud and Abuse: Investigations, Prosecutions, Spending, and Staffing by State Medicaid Fraud Control Units in 2010
Nearly every State has a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) to investigate and prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud and patient abuse and neglect. MFCUs are a key part of an array of federal and state agencies combating [...]
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