Friday, 3 August 2012

Medicare fraud busters unveil command center

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius speaks at HHS headquarters in Washington. Federal fraud busters invited the news media to visit their new $3.6 million command center and watch staffers explain how they'll jump on unfolding Medicare scams. While the action on the tour Tuesday wasn't real, the problem is _ more than $60 billion a year is lost to fraud. And two Republican senators immediately questioned whether the new multimillion-dollar facility is just throwing more money away. (AP Photo Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) Medicare's war on fraud is going high-tech with the opening of a $3.6 million command center that features a giant screen and the latest computer and communications gear. That's raising expectations, as well as some misgivings.




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