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

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.