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Medicare Billing: Commercial System Will Allow HCFA to Save Money, Combat Fraud and Abuse

T-AIMD-98-166 Published: May 19, 1998. Publicly Released: May 19, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed: (1) the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) progress in testing and acquiring a commercial system for identifying inappropriate Medicare bills; (2) how HCFA tested this commercial system; (3) HCFA's initial management decisions and their consequences; and (4) HCFA's plans for immediate implementation.

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AuditsClaims processingCommercial productsComputer software contractsContract administrationErroneous paymentsFraudHealth care programsManagement information systemsMedical expense claimsMedicareProgram abusesComputer resources management