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HHS OIG Recovers North Of $3 Billion In 2015

Published on Thu Dec 10, 2015

Any amount over $3 billion may sound like an enormous number in terms of Medicare billings, but that’s the amount the OIG recovered in 2015 alone. In its Semiannual Report to Congress, the OIG reported that during fiscal year 2015, the agency recorded audit receivables of $1.13 billion, another $2.22 billion in investigative recoveries and $286 million from other sources. [...]
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