Tuesday, January 25, 2011

$4 Billion of Medicare Fraud Recovered in 2010

Authorities recovered $4 billion in health care fraud judgments last year - a record high up 50 percent from 2009 - according to a new report.

Authorities have long said the solution to solving the nation's estimated $60 billion to $90 billion a year Medicare fraud problem lies in vigorously screening providers and stopping payment to suspicious ones, ending the antiquated "pay and chase" system authorities say has kept them one step behind criminals.

"Voices of Health Reform": James' Story

James Howard from Katy, Texas was diagnosed with brain cancer in March, 2010 and later thought his lack of health insurance was a death sentence.




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