Medicare: Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001

Abstract

The Medicare program is the nation's largest health insurer with almost 40 million beneficiaries and outlays of over $219 billion annually. Because of the susceptibility of the program to fraud and abuse, the Congress enacted the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-91. HCFAC, which is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), established a national framework to coordinate federal, state, and local law enforcement efforts to detect, prevent, and prosecute health care fraud and abuse in the public and private sectors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402404

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