tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 13

Fighting Fraud: Fighting Fraud Major Challenges in Fighting Fraud

Resolving these roadblocks may be the key to collecting additional funds, new testimony indicates. Although the OIG's recent report elucidates the Feds' interest in recovering improper payments, it's important  to note that the government doesn't just hunt down inappropriately paid claims -- it also pinpoints the hurdles that it faces. On June 15, Kathleen King, director of health care in the Government Accountability Office (GAO), offered testimony before Congress in which she profiled the challenges and strategies for preventing improper payments, culminating in the following five areas of interest, according to King's testimony:1. Strengthening provider enrollment process and standards...

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