Executive Briefings | August 9, 2016
Fraud Front & Center
“If you worked for me, you'd be fired this afternoon.”
That was a quote from Representative Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), speaking to Dr. Shantanu Agrawal, deputy administrator and director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity, at the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on combating improper payments and ineligible provider organization reimbursements in both the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The hearing took place a few months ago and brought to the forefront the seriousness of the problems with fraud in the health care industry.
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