Medicare Fraud Costs Taxpayers Big Money
The Fiscal Times: Medicare Fraud: A $70 Billion Taxpayer RipoffMedicare could wrench as much as $70 billion a year in savings by cracking down on fraud, experts told Congress this week. But the key is preventing scam artists and fake firms from doing business with the senior citizen health care program in the first place - not chasing them down after the fact. ... Providers selling Medicare durable medical equipment like motorized wheelchairs and fraudulent billing by home health agencies are major abusers of the system, especially in areas with huge senior populations like south Florida, southern California and the New York-New Jersey metroplex (Goozner, 3/10). This is part of the Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.