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Treasury, HHS, Justice find more areas to cut waste

Cutting back on excess dollar-coins, tackling Medicare prescription drug abuse and prosecuting procurement fraud are just some of the ways the White House says agencies cut back on government waste in 2011.

Tags: management , OMB , HHS , DoJ , Treasury , Campaign to Cut Waste , Joseph Biden , waste , fraud , abuse , Medicaid , Kathleen Sebelius , Neal Wolin , James Cole , U.S. Mint , Jared Serbu

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Can't raise taxes? Hike Medicare premiums instead

Tags: House , Congress , AARP , Tricia Neuman , budget

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Medicare back on the brink over cuts to doctors

Tags: budget , Congress , health care

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Medicare chief steps aside in political impasse

The point man for carrying out President Barack Obama's health care law will be stepping down after Republicans succeeded in blocking his confirmation by the Senate, the White House announced Wednesday.

Tags: Don Berwick , CMS , Congress

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House bill targets fraud and abuse in Medicare

Reps. John Carney (D-Del.) and Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) introduced a bill today that aims to fight waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid payments.

Tags: John Carney , Peter Roskam , Medicaid , fraud , Tom Coburn , Tom Carper , Congress , House , Senate , budget

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'Certified' Electronic Health Records

Tags: technology , health IT , National Health IT Coordinator Dr. David Blumentha , electronic health record , Medicaid

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The GAO and Social Security Administration

Tags: GAO , DoD , Army , body armor , SSA , stimulus , healthcare reform , Medicaid

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GAO examines Medicare Cost Plans for Congress

Report will educate legislative body; determination will be made as to whether or not Plans are necessary.

Tags: management , GAO , Medicare Cost Plans , James Cosgrove

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Senior Medicare Patrol works to prevent Medicare fraud

Volunteer organization is boasting big successes.

Tags: management , Senior Medicare Patrol , Administration on Aging , Shirley Merner , Dorothy Ramienski

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OMB to hold senior officials more accountable for government waste

President Obama will issue an executive order in the next week detailing steps agencies must take to reduce the amount of improper payments. OMB will set up a new online dashboard to track these expenditures, similar to the one for IT projects. Executive order also will implement stricter requirements for contractors to report overpayments.

Tags: management , Peter Orszag , Daniel Werfel , Tom Carper , Patrick Murphy , OMB , HHS , improper payments , Recovery audits , CFO , Agriculture , Defense , Education , DHS , DOT , VA

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