Quote Originally Posted by Total_Blender
Where does the fraud in medicare/medicaid come in though? Is it abuse of services by recipients, the hospitals over billing, etc etc? While there is probably rampant fraud, I am not sure if that graph you have posted represents medicare recipients ripping off the gov't as it does the hospitals and administration nickle and diming the gov't.
jimmy had a good one. i have done billing and collections and i found on numerous occasions, esp with st francis hospital in columbus that there were meds or services billed to medicare that were not received, private room charges, etc. but they do this because the gov't pays way less than private insurance.