OIG Requests $10 Million To Target Home And Community-Based Fraud

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is asking for $10 million in additional funding in fiscal 2020 to target fraud, waste and abuse in home and community-based settings, with a focus on four geographic hotspots that OIG associates with “suspicious behavior” -- Florida, Texas, and select areas in Southern California and the Midwest. OIG estimates that after the 2020 sequestration cuts to health care fraud and abuse control mandatory funding and collections a $10 million increase would still be available...