pay-and-chase

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

111 Charged In Medicare Scams Worth $225 Million AP 2011

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

111 charged in Medicare scams worth $225M 2011

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

Massive Nationwide Medicare Bust AP 2011

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

Massive Nationwide Medicare Bust AP 2011

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

111 Charged In Medicare Scams Worth $225 Million AP 2011

Peter Budetti, the head of CMS's new antifraud arm, says Medicare is moving away from its traditional "pay-and-chase" approach, in which it tries to recover improper payments already out the door.

Confidentiality Cloaks Medicare Abuse Mark Schoofs 2010

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

chicagotribune.com - News 2011

For decades, Medicare has operated under a pay-and-chase system, paying providers first and investigating suspicious claims later.

Breaking News: CBS News 2011

"By divorcing the job of paying claims from detecting fraud, CMS encourages an ineffective `pay-and-chase' system," he said.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

"Through the power of SAS Business Analytics solutions, the fraud framework allows investigators to avoid reliance on the pay-and-chase syndrome, which catches less than 10 percent of health care fraud," said Malida, a 26-year industry veteran who led a health care fraud investigative firm before joining SAS.

THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

So-called “pay-and-chase”, where we put the burden on the government to disallow payments for violations retrospectively, has been enormously expensive and ineffective.

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