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Report: Medicare Drug Fraud May Go Unnoticed

Posted on August 25, 2008

Seems like every time we turn around there s a new report on Medicare s ability or lack thereof to monitor for fraud.Last week, there was a hubbub over a draft report that said Medicare directed an auditor to use improper methods in an anti-fraud audit related to durable medical equipment. That came on the heels of a GAO report about equipment fraud. There were also scams involving dead doctors, AIDS care and some guy who bilked a bunch of money from Medicare and bought a Rolls Royce.Now, the fraud issue du jour: the Medicare drug benefit. The Government Accountability Office came ...

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