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Dreaming of Waste: Medicare Overpays for Sleep Studies
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Abstract
From the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management led by Senator Rand Paul issued a weekly waste report examining the Federal Government's funding of various sleep studies and its accompanying oversight over the studies and their funding. The report looks into reports of overpayment in these studies, and the oversight utilized to combat these problems. The report finds that the lack of adequate oversight regarding the distribution of funds and payment has led to constant overpayment of sleep studies which has resulted in waste that could total approximately $175 million.
Date
2015-11-09
Document Type
Senate Majority Oversight Record
Serial Number
Document Length
1 page
Congress
114
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Oversight Records
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversight