Ways & Means To Mark Up Broad Medicare Anti-Fraud Bill Thursday

By Michelle M. Stein / February 24, 2015 at 9:36 PM
The House Ways & Means Committee will mark up Thursday (Feb. 26) a slightly tweaked version of sweeping Medicare anti-fraud legislation first introduced in December by health subcommittee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) and ranking Democrat Jim McDermott (WA). The bill, reintroduced by the bipartisan duo Tuesday (Feb. 24), is slated to be paid for with money from the Medicare Improvement Fund, though committee staff say the Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act would likely produce net savings. The committee will...


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