The federal government will soon unveil a new contractor program aimed at fraud in both the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to an official with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The new Unified Program Integrity Contractor program will help detect and prevent fraud in both programs, Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., deputy administrator and director of the Center for Program Integrity at CMS, told Bloomberg BNA. Vendors are currently vying for contractor slots in the program, Agrawal added.
Source: New program will target fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, officials say – McKnight’s Long Term Care News