Friday, March 07, 2025

Fed watchdog warns of Medicare and Medicaid diversion fraud

The inspector general says individuals impersonating hospital providers targeted contractors and state agencies administering federal programs by submitting false "electronic funds transfer authorization requests," resulting in the diversion of nearly $27 million from the programs.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 08:09 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink

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You can read the Inspector General's report below: File OEI-07-23-00180-2.pdf

The OIG specifically sounded the alarm that because of the vast sums of money flowing through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, increases the risks of fraud.

Comments

Is that the same Inspector General that unelected bureaucrat Wile E. Coyote fired?

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-07 08:28 PM

Is that the same Inspector General that unelected bureaucrat Wile E. Coyote fired?

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-07 08:28 PM | Reply | Flag

The report is attached.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-03-07 08:33 PM

.000018 of the 1.5 Trillion annually on Medicare and Medicaid.

Frankly, I'm a lot more worried about the $800 billion about to be cut from Medicaid.

Of course, this proves the need for the IGs.

#3 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-03-07 09:05 PM

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