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Reports Of Medicare Fraud Increasing In NE

With help from the Affordable Care Act, government fraud investigators will make more use of computer programs to detect Medicare and Medicaid scams.
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With help from the Affordable Care Act, government fraud investigators will make more use of computer programs to detect Medicare and Medicaid scams.

There's an uptick in Medicare fraud reports in Nebraska. Both the State Health Insurance Program and Senior Medicare Patrol are reporting more potential fraudulent billing. This includes customers being billed for equipment like prosthetics, monitoring devices, or braces but never receiving them. Most claims are coming from Western Nebraska.