title: Health fraud crackdown: recoupment effort may increase lawsuits against doctors.
abstract: Federal agencies are stepping up their efforts to recover improper Medicare and Medicaid payments. They are devoting $311 million this year to strengthen antifraud activities within the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
authors.affiliation: crystal.conde@texmed.org
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010820:Physicians; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States