Affordable Care Act fighting Medicare fraud

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New measures gearing up to fight Medicare fraud

The Affordable Care Act aims to stop criminals from defrauding taxpayers billions of dollars every year

Federal health officials announced new security measures to combat Medicare fraud, including tougher screenings for providers and the ability to withhold payments during investigations.

Authorities recovered $2.5 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.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted the Affordable Care Act as one of the toughest anti-fraud laws in history.

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New measures gearing up to fight Medicare fraud

The Affordable Care Act aims to stop criminals from defrauding taxpayers billions of dollars every year

Federal health officials announced new security measures to combat Medicare fraud, including tougher screenings for providers and the ability to withhold payments during investigations.

Authorities recovered $2.5 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.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted the Affordable Care Act as one of the toughest anti-fraud laws in history.

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Another job-killing measure! How are thieves and crooks supposed to make a living?

 

[SmarterthanYou]

outstanding. yet another wrong headed approach to get doctors to stop accepting medicare.

 

[NOVA]

New measures gearing up to fight Medicare fraud

The Affordable Care Act aims to stop criminals from defrauding taxpayers billions of dollars every year

Federal health officials announced new security measures to combat Medicare fraud, including tougher screenings for providers and the ability to withhold payments during investigations.

Authorities recovered $2.5 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.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted the Affordable Care Act as one of the toughest anti-fraud laws in history.

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Just FYI....

Oddly, it was introduced in the House as the "Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009" (H.R. 3590) by Charles Rangel (D–NY) on September 17, 2009

and contains a myriad of new tax law, regulations on the insurance industry and many, many reforms....some actually quite needed.....

Among the provisions, a much broadened Medicare tax on incomes over $200,000 and $250,000, for individual and joint filers respectively,
an annual fee on insurance providers, and a 40% tax on "Cadillac Insurance Policies." to name a few.

also notable taxes on pharmaceuticals, high cost diagnostic equipment, and a federal sales tax on tanning businesses....
The full title....The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Amendments....Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
If you actually read up on the Act it never mentions FRAUD at all or that control of fraud was its intention in the first place.....

The actual passed Act, after Amendments, has nothing to do with Home Ownership at all.....

 

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New measures gearing up to fight Medicare fraud

The Affordable Care Act aims to stop criminals from defrauding taxpayers billions of dollars every year

Federal health officials announced new security measures to combat Medicare fraud, including tougher screenings for providers and the ability to withhold payments during investigations.

Authorities recovered $2.5 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.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted the Affordable Care Act as one of the toughest anti-fraud laws in history.

More...

And yet the neocon numbskulls will find some picayune point to bitch about.