I thought this is pretty interesting and glad to see that fraud is finally getting some attention. As the healthcare reform debate rolls on, fraud is where we can find the most common ground on to save millions. I think we should start here and before we start cutting costs. Perhap we could save some of New York’s healthcare programs!
Some Highlights:
We’re looking for new ways to press the issue of catching fugitives,” said Gerald Roy, deputy inspector general for investigations at the Health and Human Services Department. “If someone walks into a bank and steals $3,000 or $4,000, it would be all over the newspaper. These people manage to do it from a less high profile position, but they still have a tremendous impact.”
Look out for:
Scammers “often utilize their ties to a particular community,” said Roy. “They take advantage of ethnic communities based on language barriers or lack of knowledge about how the Medicare system works. These folks are exploiting low-income communities.”
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