By Mary Johnson, editor You get them whenever you visit a doctor, or fill a prescription — Medicare's "explanation of benefits" forms.  Often perplexing, many people never review them, let alone, try to figure them ou ...

By Mary Johnson, editor Medicare fraud appears to have taken a terrible new turn. A Michigan cancer doctor, Dr. Farid Fata, was charged with deliberately misdiagnosing patients with cancer in order to justify submitti ...

Here's a list of common scams from the StopMedicareFraud.gov website: Be suspicious of doctors, healthcare providers, or suppliers who: Ask for your Medicare number in exchange for free equipment or services or fo ...

By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Each year, Medicare and Medicaid – two of the government's largest and most financially strapped programs – lose tens of billions of dollars to fraud, waste, and abuse. Deficit ...

Too many doctors are prescribing large quantities of narcotics and addictive drugs that may be finding their way onto the streets, or putting patients at risk of addiction. The doctors, in turn, are accepting kickbacks a ...

Here's What Seniors Think About The Medicare Fraud-Fighting Cut Recent "automatic" Medicare budget cuts slash $63 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program ...

By Mary Johnson, Editor Medicare thieves are robbing the program by as much as $60 billion a year. But that hasn't stopped recent automatic Medicare cuts from slashing the very program established to protect scarce Me ...

GAO:  "Actions That Could Help Combat Fraud Incomplete" In an unprecedented case, federal prosecutors say that a massive money-laundering operation moved up to $63 million in money from Medicare schemes to Cuban banks ...

Medicare Doesn’t Recover The Majority Of Overpayment Payment Amounts, By Mary Johnson Federal prosecutors recently announced the biggest-ever one-day takedown of a phony Medicare billing scheme. One hundred seven peop ...