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Article: SEN. LITTLE, SENATE COLLEAGUES ANNOUNCE PLAN TO FIGHT MEDICAID FRAUD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- March 7, 2006
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New York State Sen. Elizabeth Little, R-Queensbury (45th District), issued the following news release:
At a news conference in Albany today, Sen. Betty Little (R,C,I-Queensbury) and her Republican Senate colleagues announced an aggressive plan to combat Medicaid fraud that they are estimating would save taxpayers more than $2 billion annually. Little is a member of the Senate Medicaid Reform Task Force.
The Medicaid Fraud Prevention and Recovery Reform Act of 2006 is a 10-point plan that would fight fraud and abuse at every step of the process, from billing and pre-payment review to investigation, civil recovery and criminal prosecution of Medicaid thieves. Counties would be able to share ...