Program Integrity in Medicaid: A Primer
Medicaid covers more than 60 million Americans and accounts for about one in six dollars spent on health care in the United States.
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Medicaid covers more than 60 million Americans and accounts for about one in six dollars spent on health care in the United States.
Headlines regularly call attention to pockets of fraudulent activity in the health care arena - scams that amount to millions and potentially billions of dollars. The stories typically focus on catching the crooks but not so much on efforts to prevent fraud, waste and abuse in health care programs. Both types of efforts are important.
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