Senators Seek “Fresh” Ideas To Fight Health Fraud From Stakeholders
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
An open letter to the “health care community” from a bipartisan group of senators on the Finance Committee asks for white papers offering suggestions on the best ways to combat “the multi-billion dollar problem” of waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid.
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