Medicare abuse involves improper billing or unnecessary services. Medicare fraud involves falsifying claims. The main difference is intent, abuse is often done without intent. Medicare abuse and fraud ...

Medicare abuse generally happens when illegal practices cause unnecessary billing costs for the insurance program. Several types of Medicare abuse exist. This article describes Medicare abuse, the ...

Protect Medicaid signs light up at protect Medicaid lights up the U.S. Capitol amid a budget showdown on May 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images) We find ourselves in an ...

Great Society, Meet Cruelty: President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law while former President Harry S. Truman, whom Johnson praised as "the real daddy of Medicare," observes during a ...

Federal law enforcement recently announced a $14-billion fraud takedown — the largest healthcare fraud action in U.S. history, involving many crimes orchestrated by foreign nationals. Every American ...

LUTZ, Fla., Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MyCare Medical, a participant in the CMS Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model, expressed strong ...

CMS will share its data analytics tools and best practices for preventing medical claims fraud, waste and abuse with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the agencies announced Jan. 23. Under the ...

My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was ...

The legislation includes some provisions that can improve the detection of beneficiaries who aren’t eligible for Medicaid coverage. However, the bill also cuts reimbursements for states that cover ...

White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday the Trump administration is not targeting Medicare in its sweeping budget proposal, but signaled the administration would be ...

The claim: President Donald Trump made his way to Capitol Hill on May 20 as House Republicans drafted a bill that included many of his priorities. That bill contained significant changes to Medicaid, ...