GAO Official Says CMS Must Do More To Curb Fraud
In written remarks, Government Accountability Office Health Care Director Kathleen King told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health that CMS has not followed past recommendations to curb health care fraud, such as removing Social Security numbers from Medicare cards and integrating predictive analytics into existing health information technology systems. As a result, fraudulent activity surrounding federal health programs -- such as upcoding, physician kickbacks and identification theft -- continues to proliferate, King wrote.
- "GAO: CMS Needs To Do More To Combat Healthcare Fraud" (Carlson, Modern Healthcare, 11/29).