The Best Medicare Fraud Office is Cuomo’s

According to the HHS, the NY Attorney Generals fraud control unit for Medicare is the best in the U.S. This, according to a NY Daily News report. An excellent ability to detect and investigate Medicare fraud was displayed by Cuomo’s office according to the HHS.

These are the figures for 2008. 143 convictions were won which is the highest total in 5 years.$263 mn was recovered in damages and civil restitution. For every federal dollar spent on the investigations the return was $6.64 says the HHS.

Preventing waste, fraud and abuse was more important in the present system than ever according to Cuomo’s office. With the recession here every dollar is now more important than before.
In other news Blogs are abuzz with Obama’s way of shaping the health care system. People are discussing the pros and cons of it. Also, it has been found that home healthcare for several ailments for 3 months after discharge has resulted in a major saving in money.