Posts tagged as:

President Obama

President Obama’s fiscal year 2010 proposed budget estimates that reducing health care fraud, waste and abuse could save the government about $10 billion in a decade’s time. The budget pledges nearly $1.5 billion for its Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC), including a $311 million increase in HCFAC funding. The budget takes aim [...]

{ 0 comments }

President Obama Vows to Eliminate Healthcare Fraud and Reduce Waste

by Nolan and Auerbach on September 10, 2009

On Wednesday, September 9, 2009, President Barack Obama addressed Congress on the current debate over healthcare reform. In his speech, the President vowed he would eliminate “the hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and fraud.” Under his plan, an independent commission of doctors and medical experts would be appointed the task of uncovering fraud [...]

{ 0 comments }