HCFA: Three Largest Medicare Overpayment Settlements Were Improper
OSI-00-4
Published: Feb 25, 2000. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) reviewed the application of the Federal Claims Collection Act to the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) settlement of overpayment matters with providers; and (2) developed case studies of settlements that may have been improper.
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Claims settlementConflict of interestsDebt collectionFinancial managementFraudHealth insuranceIndebtedness waiversInternal controlsMedicareNoncomplianceOverpayments