Preventing EFT payment fraud in Medicare and Medicaid

Preventing EFT payment fraud in Medicare and Medicaid

The Department of Health and Human Services inspector general recently recovered $27 million in fraudulent payments made through electronic funds transfers. In order to combat this, there are steps that would improve payment security, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid may not have the bandwidth to help state agencies comply. The regional Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspection for HHS, Brian Whitley, joined Federal News Network’s…