DOJ Auditor Directs Federal Bureau Of Prisons To Require All Health Care Vendors To Submit Electronic Claims

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to require all health care vendors to submit electronic claims. The direction came after the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG's) Office of Data Analytics found that the BOP lacks complete and adequate health care claims data in electronic format, and failure to provide all contractually required services, including fraud monitoring. The recommendation claims that fraud may come from doctors and health care providers that may overbill the government for services.

These directions were were noted in “Procedural . . .