Committee passes Garcia's health care fraud prevention bill

Committee passes Garcia's health care fraud prevention bill

News release   Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, announced his Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (H.R. 8089) passed out of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The legislation will now advance to a vote on the House floor.  “Simply put, we need to stop paying dead people,” Garcia said in a news release. “This bill does that by implementing common-sense safeguards to prevent fraudsters from exploiting deceased providers. Taxpayer…