CMS Enhances Program Integrity Efforts to Fight Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Medicare

Written and Reviewed by Reed Tinsley | October 16, 2008

CMS recently announced aggressive new steps to find and prevent waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare. CMS is working closer with beneficiaries and providers; consolidating its fraud detection efforts; strengthening its oversight of medical equipment suppliers and home health agencies; and launching the national Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program.

The new national RACs can be found at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/RAC/Downloads/RAC%20Expansion%20Schedule%20Web.pdf.

Visit the CMS RAC Web site for more information. The CMS press release issued October 6, 2008, and the RAC fact sheet are also available.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/RAC/

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