Today, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) released an updated annual report\u00a0showing that, for the second year in a row, anti-fraud efforts have recovered more than $4.1 billion in fraudulent Medicare payments.\u00a0Compare this to just $2.14 billion recovered in FY 2008.\u00a0 Prosecutions are way up too: \u00a0the number of individuals charged with fraud increased from 821 in fiscal year 2008 to 1,430 in fiscal year 2011 \u2013 nearly a 75 percent increase.<\/p>\n
The Obama Administration is doing more to stop fraud before it happens.\u00a0For example, before this Administration a fraudster could swindle Medicare for millions of dollars in Florida, close up shop, move to Detroit, and attempt to reestablish the same scheme without ever being noticed.\u00a0 Now, CMS and Department of Justice officials are tracking fraud scams as they move across the country, so that criminals are spotted when they try to re-enroll into Medicare or Medicaid.<\/p>\n
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