Medicare: Concerns About HCFA's Efforts to Prevent Fraud by Third-Party Billers
T-HEHS-00-93
Published: Apr 06, 2000. Publicly Released: Apr 06, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the effectiveness of the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) efforts to prevent fraud by third-party billing companies that submit claims to Medicare on behalf of providers.
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Claims processingFraudHealth care programsHealth insuranceInternal controlsMedical expense claimsMedical information systemsMedicareProgram abusesReporting requirements