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19 May Critical Steps to Curtail Medicaid Fraud

The watchdog for the U.S. Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), designates Medicare and Medicaid as a high-risk plans, because it’s a complicated program, which is in danger from fraudulent activity. Fraud, in this case, involves deception resulting in a profitable gain at the expense...

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29 Apr Legislation Could Lower Medicaid Abuse, Waste and Fraud

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the watchdog for the U.S. Congress, determined that Medicaid and Medicare as programs with potential for a high risk of abuse, waste and fraud. In the case of Medicaid, the GAO says inadequate fiscal oversight might result in improper expenditures....

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04 Nov Syrtis Solutions To Attend the 2013 Anti-Fraud Expo coordinated by the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association

Syrtis Solutions is pleased to be an exhibitor and presenter at the 2013 Anti-Fraud Exposition coordinated by the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association. Established in 1985 by multiple private health insurers and federal and state government executives, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association is definitely...

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28 Oct 80% Medicaid Payments Lost Due to Poor Recovery Methods

A September 2001 report entitled “Medicaid Recovery of Pharmacy Payments by Liable Third Parties” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), who is charged with protecting healthcare cost containment and the integrity of HHS programs, found that...

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