By: Heather Pitre, WHF Health Reform Project Coordinator
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation just released an eye-opening new policy brief on health care fraud. The report makes some key recommendations to provide better transparency in both public and private insurance coverage, and to improve reporting of fraud.
"A critical problem under current policy is the absence of ongoing and reliable fraud estimates similar to those available in the case of public health insurers," said lead author Sara Rosenbaum, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy and Chair of the Department at George Washington University. "As a result, it is difficult to fashion consistent policies to address fraud, a critical component of health reform." To read the full report, click here: http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/50654.pdf
A recent 60 Minutes news story also addressed the issue of fraud in the health system. According to the report--billions of dollars are being stolen from Medicare in Florida, generating more criminal revenue than the drug trade.
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