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Health Care Fraud: Schemes to Defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Health Care Insurers

T-OSI-00-15 Published: Jul 25, 2000. Publicly Released: Jul 25, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the various schemes used to defraud the Medicare and Medicaid programs and private insurance companies and how the proposed legislation contained in H.R. 3461 and S.1231 could strenghten federal and state health care programs.

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FraudHealth care programsHealth care servicesHealth insuranceInternal controlsMedicaidMedical expense claimsMedicareOrganized crimeProgram abusesProposed legislationHealth care fraud