President Calls for Medicaid Fraud Bounty Hunters

It looks like since the States Medicaid Fraud Control Units will not do anything about Medicaid fraud, then the people will.

An action such as this eliminates any conflict of interests in dealing with States Attorneys General going after Medicaid fraud in child welfare.

Obama Using 'Bounty Hunters' to Root Out Fraud

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 11:14 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.

Waste and fraud are pervasive problems for Medicare and Medicaid, the giant government health insurance programs for seniors and low-income people. Improper payments -- in the wrong amounts, to the wrong person or for the wrong reason -- totaled an estimated $54 billion in 2009.

The bounty hunters in this case would be private auditors armed with sophisticated computer programs to scan Medicare and Medicaid billing data for patterns of bogus claims. The auditors would get to keep part of any funds they recover for the government.

SPECIAL NOTE TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE:

Beverly Tran's State of Michigan proposed bill to amend 2003 PA 1, entitled "AUDITS AND EXAMINATIONS" (MCL...

SPECIAL NOTE TO HIGH-TECH BOUNTY HUNTERS:  

I'm ready, are you?