Medicare Fraud 101

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress reports that the OIG will recover nearly $3 billion for Medicare fraud reports that the OIG will recover nearly $3 billion for , Medicaid fraud , and other healthcare federally-funded programs for the first half of fiscal year 2007. The recoveries are the result of OIG audits ($1.5 billion) and investigations ($1.4 billion). The OIG says additional recoveries to states and other federal agencies result from investigations with which it was involved between Oct. 1, 2006, and March 31, 2007. The report is available here.