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U.S. Recovers $3.3 Billion in Federal Health-Care Fraud
Obama administration steps up efforts to prevent Medicare fraud, not just uncover it
A sign above the boarded-up Riverside General Hospital Wellness Center in Houston last year. The former president of Riverside Hospital and three other employees were convicted in a Medicare scheme to steal $158 million from the federal government.
WASHINGTON--The government recovered $3.3 billion in fiscal 2014 from individuals and companies that tried to defraud federal health programs, part of an effort by the Obama administration to improve enforcement and prevent abusive billing practices.
The administration recovered $7.70 for every dollar spent investigating health-care-related fraud and abuse in the past three years, according to a report to be released Thursday by the Health and Human Services Department and Justice Department. That marks the third-highest return on investment since the antifraud program was launched nearly two decades ago, the report said.
These impressive recoveries for the American taxpayer demonstrate our continued commitment to this goal and highlight our efforts to prosecute the most egregious instances of health-care fraud and prevent future fraud and abuse, HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said in a statement.
The Obama administration has been intensifying its focus on fraud and waste by preventing abuse and cutting the time from when fraud is identified and an arrest is made. The recoveries, while substantial, are small compared to the estimated fraud in the system.
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Both parties are the same! Obama=Bush. Corporatist! Obama is a POS in bed with Wall Street. He is screwing the middle class, he wants them to fail. He is in bed with the 1%!@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%!1! Holder sucks$%^&* never done nuttin.
Edit to add a cause some don't understand where I stand or what I meant. For those that do not know me. I am a host at the Barack Obama Group. Best President ever!!!!!!
TexasTowelie
(112,323 posts)Houston Riverside Hospital CEO Convicted of Medicare/Medicaid Fraud that Siphoned $158 Million
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107821473
The link at that thread has more information about the fraud occurring at the hospital.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)from your link.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)worst black President ever. Also the best black President.
The real problem:
"The Obama administration has been intensifying its focus on fraud and waste by preventing abuse and cutting the time from when fraud is identified and an arrest is made. The recoveries, while substantial, are small compared to the estimated fraud in the system."
And that is why single payer is needed.
Sarcastica
(95 posts)Although plenty of decent things have happened on his watch, the expectations going in were pretty high, and he never did satisfy the hype. As it turns out there's a wide learning curve going into the Whitehouse that he wasn't prepared for.
But worst ever, I don't think so. Not even close.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Hmmm you're new and welcome. I am a host at the Barack Obama Group. We support this President. I thought the article would make clear my headline. I guess not, to those who do not know me.
IMHO, he is the best President in my lifetime.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Amazing that so many can't even give him credit where credit is due with comments like well he didn't do all he said he would type shit. When if they'd do a little research they'd find that yes he did accomplish most of what he said he would and what he didn't or wasn't able to wasn't even by any stretch his fault. The man is solid and has accomplished much, much more than anyone else would have.
President Obama is Granite, solid as a rock. Wonderful as a new born baby.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)still_one
(92,309 posts)Hekate
(90,758 posts)...between what you said and the wherewithal to understand it in some audiences.
Would not want to get alerted on,hekate. Far to much of that here. Actually, it would be if as a host at the BOG I was alerted on and hidden. Yikes!
still_one
(92,309 posts)The amazing thing is how much he got done in spite of the hatred toward him, and it was hatred
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)What a complete jerk!!!
I hope he grinds his teeth while sleeping at night just thinking about Obama!!!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)http://interactive.sun-sentinel.com/plundering-america/
Less than 1 percent of the U.S. population is Cuban-born yet they account for 41% of Federal arrests nationwide for Health Care Fraud.
Exilios + the GOP = match made in @#$%.
rpannier
(24,330 posts)I've seen both 'It' movies and the creature is pretty Terror-fying
I understand why Obama would Compiracize with Castro to get that It creature
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Donde Drano!
Rex
(65,616 posts)My dingy demands acton!
Takket
(21,600 posts)medicare is a terrible system because all the money is spent fraudulently. it is hopelessly broken. so what do they say now that Obama has put 3.3 billion back in?
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)Zero? The next number closest to zero?
Any idea how I came up with that estimate?
Now don't torture yourself over it. It's as easy as N-S-A.
Just multiply the number of Wall Street fraud convictions by the mortgage derivative.
Then divide us by the Ferguson constant of no prosecutions.
Add in the factor of self-regulation and privatization and you get...
Patience while I offshore this math thing to India where I can save some money...
While we wait...
The US has just 5% of world's population and 25% of worlds prison population.
Wonder how many prison residents are Wall Street Pharma, Hospital and insurance executives fucking us over on a daily basis?
Hang on let me compute that...
sqrt(net worth * campaign funds) / distance to reach across the aisle + convenience factor * time til election / tax breaks = ...
Dang.
Hello? India?
(BTW - that 3.3 number was $1 billion less than previous years.)
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Get the links and please do not just give me GOP talking links.
Ferguson, I know that one best,I followed and cried.
Would like to take the next few moments to address the two investigations that the Justice Home » Office of Public Affairs » Briefing Room » Justice News
Justice News
Attorney General Holder Delivers Update on Investigations in Ferguson, Missouri
Washington, DC
United States
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Remarks as prepared for delivery
snip
As detailed in our searing report also released by the Justice Department today this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized; a community where deep distrust and hostility often characterized interactions between police and area residents.
A community where local authorities consistently approached law enforcement not as a means for protecting public safety, but as a way to generate revenue. A community where both policing and municipal court practices were found to disproportionately harm African American residents. A community where this harm frequently appears to stem, at least in part, from racial bias both implicit and explicit. And a community where all of these conditions, unlawful practices, and constitutional violations have not only severely undermined the public trust, eroded police legitimacy, and made local residents less safe but created an intensely charged atmosphere where people feel under assault and under siege by those charged to serve and protect them.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-holder-delivers-update-investigations-ferguson-missouri
FYI. No need to be nasty to me. Try posting facts and not cruel remarks. You can DU better than that.
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)indeed convictions. Perhaps not worthy of the "in your face" pronouncements of your OP, but certainly there were more than zero convictions. I couldn't find nearly enough to add up to 3.3 billion, though. I still suspect most of the money was recovered without criminal prosecution since that is the preferred approach of DoJ during Obama's term.
And, indeed, the data at the link below does support an increase in recovery during Obama's term over Bush.
I was wrong. The data was actually quite useful and I did learn something.
Thank you.
https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/hcfac/
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)yet, whereisjustice. Thank you.
Justice moves far slower than we wish, yet she moves forward.
Thanks~
sheshe2
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)If one does a google search for: DoJ Medicare fraud convictions, page 1 alone offers these results:
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/president-houston-hospital-and-three-others-convicted-158-million-medicare-fraud-scheme
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unlicensed-detroit-doctor-convicted-469-million-medicare-fraud-scheme
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/houston-area-owner-medical-equipment-companies-convicted-34-million-medicare-fraud-scheme
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/detroit-area-patient-recruiter-and-physical-therapist-convicted-16-million-medicare-fraud
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/physician-owners-mental-health-clinic-sentenced-97-million-medicare-fraud-scheme
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-medical-equipment-supply-company-convicted-35-million-medicare-and-medi-cal-fraud
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Thank you!
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)we consider an average fraud rate of 5% (est. 3% - 10%) against $500,000,000 of medicare expenditures we have $25 billion of outstanding fraud to be recovered.
3.3 billion is about a 12% recovery rate and it isn't great but it is better than nothing.
I will also concede that money recovered has increased a bit during Obama's term as shown here.
https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/hcfac/
My main objection to the OP is that the $3.3 billion this year (2014) is far from an amazing achievement and hardly warrants the over-the-top celebration as if Goldman Sachs CEO was just put in jail for fraud, or Cheney was just convicted of running a torture program.
We still have a very long way to go.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Um...you don't think the implementation of the PPACA had anything to do with that?
Btw...shrinking totals in getting back defrauded money is a GOOD thing. Do you always see the glass as half empty when it comes to this president?
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Cutting crime, spreading peace, making allies of former foes!!
Who does this guy think he is, Superman?
Can he fly, too?
delrem
(9,688 posts)Sarcasm introduces a negative note.
Obama's accomplishments, and there have been quite a few, ought to be presented in a purely positive way, when talking with people who might not know about them, especially when they're late breaking happenings.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Obama's accomplishments, and there have been quite a few, ought to be presented in a purely positive way, when talking with people who might not know about them, especially when they're late breaking happenings.
See the link.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6401524
They said....
4. I can't agree that he's the worst president ever, but he has been a disappointment.
Although plenty of decent things have happened on his watch, the expectations going in were pretty high, and he never did satisfy the hype. As it turns out there's a wide learning curve going into the White House that he wasn't prepared for.
But worst ever, I don't think so. Not even close.
This poster questioned my Op. Thought I meant Obama was the worst President Ever. Excuse me. I think you got it wrong as well.
I am an Obama supporter, always have been. I am a host in the Barack Obama Group.
delrem
(9,688 posts)noun
1.
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2.
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark:
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)What exactly are you are accusing me of? What are calling me out for?
You are cruel and nasty on this thread. 31 people got it, sadly you did not. You just wish to quote the dictionary.
No clue why you wish to bite my ass tonight.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Sarcasm introduces a negative note.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)(no sarcasm here intended)
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)on (intentionally?) misreading a comment - which was the case above.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Take a bow, sheshe2.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)blundering into GD and saying "ZOMG guys, this proves he CAN'T be a corporatist" is very tempting to us sempiternal smartasses
especially when coincidence puts it next to a Rahm thread
MisterP
(23,730 posts)it, but if a Dem proposes the exact same thing it's your fault if you complain about it!"
no contradiction at all!
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Hahaha. You just love to call this President names. Kudos to you. Who exactly are you for? Please state their name and resume. We have an election coming up. Speak Speak. Please educate us. What they stand for and why I should vote for them. Who is your candidate of choice? You hate the President and his policies. Tell me who your perfect candidate is. I await your answer. Please do not forget there full resume. They are applying for a job after well.
Thanks in advance. I await your reply.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)I'm not persuaded yet, anyway.
We'll have to see if President Obama is only prosecuting these fraud cases in red states as a sort of revenge.
If so, then I think we can give him a thumbs up.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts). . . he had been screwing with red states for the last 4 years that he was the President.
Of course, we would have to find out about it on the internet because the damned mainstream media wouldn't report anything about it!!
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)but then you may not have appreciated the true
value of Carter. I was very happy to vote for a change,
which however did not come as I had hoped for. Mind you
I realize the difficulty with Congress.
But if the check on Medicare fraud is his accomplishment
then I laud him for that and here is a short reason for that:
I had some trouble with my foot, had it checked by
orthopedic doctors and then was referred to Neurology.
I did not mind the tests, but taking 15x blood seemed
a bit odd and over the top. My foot got well without
any help from the MDs. Medicare, I found, refused to
pay for 7 of the blood samples. Reading the TIME report
on the way hospitals try to make money from just such
samples, I was happy that Medicare refused to pay.
However, I have an orthopedic surgeon in my family
who asked me:What if these samples were really
necessary? Would you have gone to court over that?
I don't know the perfect answer to these questions,
but am still very happy that Medicare refused to pay.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)Are you serious???:
Holy Fucking Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Were you alive and well during the Bush Administration?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)nt
BlueCaliDem
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Rex
(65,616 posts)Why is it only Dems worry about the social safety net? Or better yet, why is it only the Left side that thinks about others? IMO, we should have nipped this in the bud with Reagan or our parents should have with Nixon.
People should have shut the factories down. Stopped the traffic. The GOP should have been called to the carpet in front of the nation. NOW their twisted philosophy is coveted by evil bastards that work for RAND/CATO America Heritage etc.. they warped their own sick nature into an economic/sociological/psychological way of life. So far warped even from their Nuclear Family in the 50s and 60s.
The GOP is the core of the corruption on the system. Nobody has to remember back far to know the names of ENRON and Halliburton. Or Silverado Savings & Loans. They all have in common? Corrupt big wigs that were shoveling money into the GOP coffers. I think the same burning hatred of Obama is somewhat the same that they had for Jimmy Carter.
Growing up at around 5 or 6, I thought Jimmy Carter was the most wonderful man on the planet. I marveled at his southern mannerisms, his always respect for common courtesy. Then there was his career. I wanted to grow up and be an astronaut. Jimmy Carter was the commander of a nuclear sub, is an ordained minister, a successful businessman, has a PHD. I really didn't understand all those concepts at 6, but what I did know is that he had accomplished a lot and was a zillion times cooler than an astronaut.
He was like Luke Sky walker, just older and cooler. Han Solo would have been Bill Clinton. And now in my 40s, Obama is like Yoda.
Anyway, I think there was a huge amount of resentment and professional jealousy thrown at all three good men. All three still concerned about the social fabric that basically holds us all together as a nation.
It's the same shit, just a different year sheshe2 - jelly ass morons like Cheney and bitter people like Linda Tripp. Just wait, you know that old chestnut will appear in the next two years.
Haters gonna hate, lovers gonna love.
I still love Jimmy Carter, he is a bad ass jedi master in my book. I wonder if he still helps build homes for the needy? Meanwhile GOP exes are painting pictures of flowers and puppies.
Dayum~
You start with Carter....
Anyway, I think there was a huge amount of resentment and professional jealousy thrown at all three good men. All three still concerned about the social fabric that basically holds us all together as a nation.
Carter=Luke Sky Walker. Clinton=Hans Solo. Obama=Yoda. Absolutely perfect. Words and wisdom from you, well stated. Pitch perfect. I am years older than you, almost old enough to be your mother. Almost. Thanks
Here~
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Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Why doesn't someone tell me these things?
I'm always the last to know.
Damn, I wonder if I will ever be normal again.
Probably not.
Moving on.
By the way, you really need to listen to Richard Pryor's long comedy bit as Mudbone, a character/alter ego that he created long ago.
I think that bit of his is on his "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" album.
He tells a story of a dam breaking . . . and well, it's about the funniest damn thing I ever heard in my whole life.
stage left
(2,964 posts)Better than Clinton and I thought he was pretty good.
Cha
(297,446 posts)saves our country $$$$$$$. That's why he's able to get the debit down.. saving money on waste in so many ways.
Too many people throwing ignorant cheap pot shots with nothing to back it up. So easy to do on the internet and not be held accountable.. having seen it time and time again.
you always hit the nail on the head~
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