So the financial incentives might be working just the opposite.
It is estimated that 7 million Americans abuse prescription drugs every year. That is more than the number who are abusi...
Unfortunately, too often criminals have figured out how to use Medicare and Medicaid for their own gain.
we have drilled down on how the Federal Government wastes millions annually maintaining properties and buildings we neit...
All right. Good. Thanks.
Good point.
we have focused like a laser on Federal information technology projects that have gone billions of dollars over budget w...
That would seem to be ripe for abuse.
As you consider this, just keep in mind--I am going to read the same statement I gave earlier.
this has been our singular focus and continues to be.
we must stop the fiscal bleeding caused by waste, by fraud, and by abuse.
Our responsibility is, number one, to make sure there is good clinical judgment.
I think, again, our current judgment is that we think that more comprehensive drug utilization review is the best strate...
Is there any way to factor in those costs to arrive at the true taxpayer price of this abuse?
I worked with Senator Brown and others, Tom Coburn, Senator Coburn, and others on our Subcommittee to try to write legis...
I think that there is a combination of things that could be done to address doctor shopping here.
That is the list you do not want your name to appear on because it means you are dead.
My boys are 21 and 23. They are pretty sure that Medicare or Social Security are not going to be there for them.
