Medicare Program Integrity : Activities to Protect Medicare from Payment Errors, Fraud, and Abuse.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraud.

Medical economics.

Medical laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of Medicare integrity efforts to protect Medicare from payment errors, fraud, and abuse. Examines health care fraud, and covers types of activities, organizations, and agencies involved in protecting Medicare integrity on a day-to-day basis. Presents overview of Federal funding for Medicare anti-fraud activities, assesses CMS integrity oversight efforts, and summarizes recent program integrity initiatives. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicare Program Integrity

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.