tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 27

ENFORCEMENT WATCH: OIG Finds Fertile Fraud Hunting Grounds

HHS watchdog sniffs out 258 criminal actions in the first half of FY 2005.Providers, watch out: This year's recoveries prove that the HHS Office of Inspector General is getting better at catching providers and suppliers who intend to defraud Medicare.The OIG's semiannual report to Congress for the first half of fiscal year 2005, released June 13, revealed $15.6 billion in implemented recommendations and other actions. The OIG netted $266 million in audit receivables and $1.1 billion in investigative receivables, the report says. This all totaled nearly $17 billion in reported savings and anticipated recoveries, just...

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