Medicare’s efforts to root out improper payments, fraud, waste and abuse - Kaiser Family Foundation
The Medicare program covers 68 million people and represents 15 percent of all federal spending. There are 1.4 million healthcare providers and almost a dozen different payment systems; improper payments and fraud have occurred. Despite actions over the years to reduce improper payments, the Medicare program is vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. The Kaiser Family Foundation published an in-depth report on the Medicare program integrity and efforts to root out improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. To read this report, click here…
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