Oversight

Bolstering the Safety Net: Eliminating Medicaid Fraud

Date: March 28, 2006
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

We’re convening the hearing to examine the current infrastructure for Medicaid program integrity at the state and federal level. Recent challenges to the current system – as well as some recent progress in these areas – necessitates a review of the current system for tracking improper spending and fraud at the state and federal levels.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Daniel

Levinson

Inspector General

Department of Health and Human Services

Panel 1

Dennis

Smith

Director

Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services

Panel 2

Leslie

Aronovits

Director

Health Care—Program Administration and Integrity Issues, Government Accountability Office

Panel 3

Brian

Flood

Inspector General

State of Texas Health and Human Services