“No one’s in favor of fraud, and that goes double when it impacts a federal program that’s expected to spend $588 billion by 2025. Lawmakers took a critical look at Medicaid fraud oversight at a recent hearing and said the program’s fraud, waste, and abuse is a growing problem.”
“Medicaid paid out $37 billion in fiscal year 2017, an increase of 157 percent since 2013, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), said at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing…”
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Adminstrator Seema Verma was asked to testify at the Senate hearing but declined due to scheduling issues. Johnson said he recently spoke with Verma and said she was open to testifying at future hearings.”
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Source: Medicaid Fraud Takes Center Stage – By James Swann, June 29, 2018. BNA.
