U.S. cracks down on health care fraud.The government is gaining ground against health care fraud, winning almost $2 billion in judgments and settlements against violators in 2002--the largest recovery since the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program was established in 1996. The 2002 annual report said most of the $1.6 billion collected from these and prior actions was returned to the Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Trust Fund. Last year, federal officials filed 361 criminal fraud indictments and won 480 convictions. More than 200 civil cases were filed and 1,529 were pending. Almost 3,500 parties were barred from federally sponsored health care programs because of fraud, license revocation The recall of some power or authority that has been granted. Revocation by the act of a party is intentional and voluntary, such as when a person cancels a Power of Attorney that he has given or a will that he has written. , or convictions relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc patient abuse and neglect An omission to do or perform some work, duty, or act. As used by U.S. courts, the term neglect denotes the failure of responsibility on the part of defendants or attorneys. . The report is available online at www.usdoj.gov/dag/pubdoc/hcfacreport2002.htm. |
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