System to curb Medicare fraudulent payments saves $115 million

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Dec 17 2012

The Associated Press: New Medicare Fraud Detection System Saves $115 Mil
A highly touted new technology system designed to stop fraudulent Medicare payments before they are paid has saved about $115 million and spurred more than 500 investigations since it was launched in the summer of 2011, according to a report released Friday. Federal health officials said the projected savings are much higher (Kennedy, 12/15).

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.orgThis article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

 

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