Presidential Memorandum Regarding Finding and Recapturing Improper Payments

The Obama Administration is committed to reducing payment errors and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal programs. On March 10, 2010, the Administration expanded the use of “Payment Recapture Audits,” a process of identifying improper payments where highly skilled accounting specialists and fraud examiners use state-of-the-art tools and technology to examine payment records and uncover problems such as duplicate payments, payments for services not rendered, overpayments, and fictitious vendors.

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Testimony on Health Care Fraud

HHS Deputy Secretary William Corr discussed the Administration’s commitment to combat health care fraud.

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National Summit on Health Care Fraud

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder convened a “National Summit on Health Care Fraud” on Thursday January 28, to bring together leaders from the public and private sectors to identify and discuss innovative ways to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse in the U.S. health care system. The National Summit is the latest initiative of the Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Team (HEAT).

• Agenda
• Read Event Blog
• Press Release
• Archived Webcast of Morning Session
• Archived Webcast of Evening Session
  (You will need realplayer to view the webcasts. Realplayer is available for a free download at http://www.real.com/realplayer?rppr=fed.)
• Remarks of Secretary Sebelius
• Remarks of Attorney General Holder
• Remarks of Deputy Secretary Corr
• Remarks of Acting Deputy Attorney General Grindler
• Turning Up the HEAT on Health Care Fraud
• President’s Budget Make Fraud Fighting a Top Priority

Medicare Fraud News Stories

Medicare Fraud Strike Force Expands Operations into Brooklyn, N.Y.; Tampa, Fla.; and Baton Rouge, La.