More money fuels agency’s health fraud fight
More money fuels agency’s health fraud fight
The smoke is still clearing from the budget brawl on Capitol Hill. But regardless of whether President Clinton or the GOP-controlled Congress won, HHS still will come out ahead. HHS will spend $698 million in FY 1999 on fraud and abuse, up $78 million from last fiscal year, says HHS spokesman Campbell Gardett. This includes a $60 million jump in HCFA’s Medicare Integrity functions, to a record $560 million. Plus the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control fund, which helps pay for OIG, has jumped to $138 million from $120 million last year.
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