Describe one fraud enforcement program listed in your textbook
Fraud and abuse control program- operated jointly by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General to control health care fraud and abuse and conduct investigations relating to the delivery of health care services
Medicare Integrity Program- directs the DHHS to enter into agreements with private companies to carry out fraud and abuse protections.
Beneficiary Incentive Program- encourages Medicare beneficiaries to report suspected cases of fraud and abuse
Health care fraud and abuse data collection program- designed to create a national health care fraud and abuse database in coordination with the NPDB.
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