Improving Accuracy & Eliminating Waste

In trying to get health care costs under control, it’s important that we know what we-re paying for. That means cracking down on waste, fraud, abuse, and making sure that payments are made accurately and for the right services and coverage. Affordable Health Care for America Act:· Improves screening and requires providers and suppliers to adopt compliance programs as a condition of participating in Medicare and Medicaid· Increase funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Fund to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud· Eliminates wasteful overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans that increase private plan profits, not patient care· Improves payment accuracy for numerous other providers, following recommendations by the non-partisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission· Requires drug and device companies to disclose their payments to physicians to reduce excessive utilization of services