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Medicare fraud
In the United States, Medicare fraud is the claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled. There are many different types of Medicare fraud, all of which have the same goal: to collect money from the Medicare program illegitimately.[1]
The total amount of Medicare fraud is difficult to track, because not all fraud is detected and not all suspicious claims turn out to be fraudulent. According to the Office of Management and Budget, Medicare "improper payments" were $47.9 billion in 2010, but some of these payments later turned out to be valid.[2] The Congressional Budget Office estimates that total Medicare spending was $528 billion in 2010.[3]
- ^ "Medicare Fraud and Fraud in Other Government Healthcare Programs". Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ politifact.com (2011-01-04). Retrieved on 2011-01-05.
- ^ "The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2010 to 2020" (PDF). Congressional Budget Office. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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