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Senator Kaufman Introduces Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009

Published on Sun Oct 25, 2009

Bill would make it easier for prosecutors to link kickback violations with false claims. Legislators are feeling toothless -- that they don't have the statutory tools they should have - when it comes to clamping down on healthcare fraud that's rampant in the country. Finally there's hope on the horizon for them and that hope's come in the shape of the Health Care Fraud Enforcement Bill introduced by Sen. Ted Kaufman (DDE) and co-sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Committee members Arlen Specter (D-PA), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). As drafted, S.1959 aims to strengthen the U.S. government's capacity to investigate and prosecute waste, fraud and abuse in government healthcare programs and private health insurance. The bill is inspired both by legislation to crack down on mortgage fraud and other financial crimes, as well as healthcare reform legislation that would make the federal [...]
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