Posts Tagged ‘waste’
Lawmakers Try To Weed Out Fraud And Waste
Lawmakers target Medicare and Medicaid fraud to generate greater savings in health care reform while doctors worry about efforts to cut waste. The Wall Street Journal reports: “The federal government needs to further step up efforts to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud to generate more savings to help pay for a health-care overhaul, lawmakers said Wednesday. …
Medicare Could Serve As Test For Reducing Health Care System Waste, Experts Say At Senate Finance Committee Roundtablex
At a Senate Finance Committee roundtable meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers and health care experts said health reform must change payment and delivery systems to reward providers for better quality of care and reduce wasteful spending, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
American Association For Homecare Applauds Senate Subcommittee Efforts To Address Waste And Fraud In Medicare
On April 22, 2009, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security held a hearing on waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare. The American Association for Homecare submitted a formal statement supporting the Subcommittee’s efforts to reduce waste in Medicare.



