Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said they want detailed quarterly updates from CMS and the HHS Office of the Inspector General on investigations, enforcement actions, recovery efforts and how the offices are spending their fraud, waste and abuse budgets.
The healthcare reform law allows CMS to be more proactive in detecting improper claims before payments are made. HHS estimates Medicare and Medicaid fraud costs $60 billion a year.
Read The Hill report on fraud reports.
Read more coverage of rooting out Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
– HHS Inspector General Recommends CMS Respond to Fraud Hotline Complaints More Promptly
– HHS Proposes Paying States to Data-Mine for Medicaid Fraud
– GAO Study Outlines Key Strategies to Reduce Fraud in Medicare, Medicaid
