title: Fighting Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse.
abstract: The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general has become more aggressive in recent years in ferreting out cases of fraud and abuse against the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Where will this "watchdog" focus future efforts?
authors: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: Kusserow
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / Q000458:organization & administration*