The newly introduced bill, the Medicare Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act, is a bipartisan effort to curb what is estimated to be a $60 billion dollar per year crime. The Act proposes to double prison sentences from 5 to 10 years and fines from $25,000 to $50,000 for Medicare fraud-related crimes.
The full AP story is here.
Whether or not the bill gets signed into law, I think it is indicative of a trend towards more political will in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement enforcement.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by
David Charles, PartnerHealthcare
Phone: 317.580.2029
Email: dcharles@ksmcpa.com
Michael Heaton, Partner
Healthcare
Phone: 317.844.4884
Email: mheaton@ksmcpa.com
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