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Healthcare Fraud: All Public and Private Payers Need Federal Criminal Anti-Fraud Protections

House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations
Abstract
The Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight investigated healthcare fraud and abuse in the United States. The subcommittee found that billions of dollars from public and private consumers is lost to healthcare fraud each year. The current enforcement resources that discourage fraud are wasted on the same fraudulent schemes in multiple jurisdictions. Moreover, the subcommittee found that the Department of Justice needs strong statutory authority to deter healthcare fraud and abuse. To remedy this issue, the committee recommended that Congress make healthcare fraud against public and private payers a Federal criminal offense.
Date
1996-08-02
Document Type
House Committee Approved Report
Serial Number
104-747.H
Document Length
19 pages
Congress
104
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Committee Approved Reports
PAP Major Code
3: Health
PAP Minor Code
300: General
Related Hearings
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on "Waste in Human Service Programs: Other Perspectives," 104th Cong., (1995, May 23)
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on "Agency Oversight Hearing on HHS: The Mission of HHS," 104th Cong., (1995, March 1 and 22)
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on "Keeping Fraudulent Providers Out of Medicare and Medicaid," 104th Cong., (1995, June 15)
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on "Healthcare Fraud and Abuse," 104th Cong., (1995, September 28)
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on "Status of the Medicare Transaction System: The Healthcare Financing Administration's Planned Data System to Control Fraud/Abuse," 104th Cong., (1995, November 16)
House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, hearing on "Screening Medicare Claims for Medical Necessity," 104th Cong., (1996, February 8)
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