Brandt described another measure in South Florida, a major hotbed for waste, fraud and abuse. "We developed a fraud hotline for our beneficiaries living in the State of Florida as part of the infusion demonstration project begun in October 2007.... As of April 2010, the hotline had led to 498 investigations, eight law enforcement referrals, and requests for providers and suppliers to return more than $10 million of overpayments."

The other strategic principles for program integrity are to consolidate and coordinate program integrity policies and operations for Medicare and Medicaid; overhauling specific contractor functions; strengthening prevention of fraudulent and improper payments prior to payments; and establishing new partnerships with the private sector to share information and methods to detect and prevent fraud.


More on the Committee hearing may be found at: http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetails.aspx?NewsID=11207

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