Medicare fraud often crosses federal and state lines, and bad actors try to exploit gaps in coordination. In fact, last week at our hearing, Secretary Kennedy discussed the work that HHS and CMS are doing to catch the fraudsters who have stolen hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. Ms. Clark, continue with you with the remaining time I have. How can Congress better support partnerships between agencies, state AGs, and local law enforcement to root out fraud more effectively and more adequately dismantle the networks, rather than simply prosecuting individual fraudulent agents? (03:55–04:06)
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Asserts that HHS and CMS are working to catch fraudsters who have stolen hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
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