Reviews the Health Care Fin Admin's. (HCFA) efforts to enhance the measurement of improper payments in the Medicare fee-for-service program. Identifies structur
Authors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management
Medicare spending on home health totaled $12.9 billion in 2006, up 44% from 2002. Concerns have been raised that improper payments from practices indicating fra
Medicare¿s size and complexity make it vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. Fraud represents intentional acts of deception with knowledge that the action or