tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 10

Enforcement: You Could Soon Face An Even Stronger OIG

Congressional fraud hawks aren't backing down.A few long-time fraud hawks have a bone to pick with the Department of Health and Human Services over its 2005 budget request.With new Medicare legislation stepping up the number of providers and contractors -- and potential fraudsters -- where is the matching increase for the HHS Office of Inspector General?That's just what Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) wants to know in a Feb. 6 letter to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson. In a showing of "strong support" for similar requests from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Max Baucus (D-MT), Stark nixed the...

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