Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Errors
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Time to Fix Medicaid Financing Schemes
Read moreThis paper is part of a series on Medicaid financing. Other papers in the series discuss provider taxes and supplemental payments . Medicaid is...
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Good Management of Medicare Advantage is Not a “Cut” to Medicare
Read moreAlthough politicians often speak of wanting to target “waste, fraud, and abuse” in government programs, there is currently an effort to prevent the...
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Republican and Democratic Presidents Support Reducing the Tax Gap
Read moreOne of the most fair and efficient ways for policymakers to raise revenue would be to close some portion of the “tax gap," or the difference between...
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Equalizing Medicare Payments Regardless of Site-of-Care
Read moreCurrently, the Medicare program pays higher rates for medical services performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than it pays for the same...
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Reducing Medicare Advantage Overpayments
Read moreThe Medicare Advantage (MA) program, which allows Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in federally-funded private health insurance plans, is an...
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Bill Advances to Combat Improper Payments
Read moreCongress recently passed a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) to improve efforts to identify and reduce improper payments across...
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President's Budget Gets Serious About Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Read moreUpdate: the tables in this post have been updated with estimates from CBO's analysis of the President's FY 2020 budget. CBO does not provide specific...
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Trump Budget Includes Meaningful SSDI Reforms
Read morePresident Trump has been disappointingly reluctant to propose any changes to improve the solvency of Social Security's retirement program, but his...
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Time to Close Two Social Security Loopholes
Read moreWith the Social Security trust funds facing a significant shortfall over the next 75 years and expected to run out of money within 20 years, Alicia...
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Ideas to Reduce Fraud in the Disability System
Read moreAs we have been reporting, many reforms to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program could improve its effectiveness, fairness, and...
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New Report Finds Abuse of Disability Insurance System
Read moreEarlier this week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs convened a hearing addressing fraudulent behavior in the Social...
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A Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Overlapping Payments in UI and DI
Read moreBipartisanship will be a crucial element when it comes to reforming Social Security and achieving other budget related reforms in the near future. In...