Medicare Fraud updates
Earlier this year, HHS and the Department of Justice created a new Health Care Fraud Preventing and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT). The program expands existing DOJ-HHS Medicare Fraud Strike Force teams that focus on data analysis to track fraud. Also new is a requirement that DME suppliers except pharmacies be certified by CMS in order to reduce fraud.
The OIG has also launched an online consumer program, http://www.StopMedicareFraud.gov/, to combat medical identity theft. The website and printed materials offer tips on how to recognize medical identity theft and what to do if it happens. Common scams include offering free services, groceries, transportation, or other items in exchange for Medicare numbers, as well as telephone surveyors or marketers who ask for Medicare numbers as an identifier.
Tags: DOJ, health Care Fraud, healthcare, medicare
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010 / Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Medical IdentityTheft.
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