PoliticoPro Health Care PM Newsletter: Battling Medicare Fraud (Excerpt)

BATTLING MEDICARE FRAUD — House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee ranking member Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) today introduced the Medicare Fraud Detection and Deterrence Act, which would equip the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with additional authority to hold Medicare fraudsters accountable.

He also introduced companion legislation that would establish guardrails aimed at preventing telehealth-related fraud. Doggett has been a consistent voice on the subcommittee in advocating for protections against fraud in telehealth, as POLITICO previously reported.

“Our health care system is plagued by a rising tide of health care fraud schemes—costing the Medicare program and American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars each year—and these are not victimless crimes,” Doggett said. “Medicare fraud and abuse risks the fiscal health of this vital lifeline for our seniors’ health care.”