Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C.
My guess is that if this shocking amount of fraud is occurring here in the Houston region its probably happening all across the country. We need to shine a bright light on it all."
My concern is not only the millions of taxpayer dollars lost to rampant fraud within these Medicare services but also the lack of responsiveness by Medicare to local officials raising red flags about the financial integrity of the programs."
U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) seeking a Congressional Hearing into rampant Medicare fraud in the Houston region as potentially hundreds of millions of dollars may have been stolen from the program as reported in a recent investigative series by Houston Chronicle reporter Terri Langford.
The series of news articles makes a compelling argument that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) needs to significantly strengthen the integrity of Medicare programs by responding immediately to referrals from law enforcement tightening loose payment regulations and providing much stronger oversight of its state contractors" said Brady.
