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2022 Prime Cuts

... than five years.” Rising interest rates will make payments for interest on the debt a fast-growing share of federal ... the sugar, dairy, and peanut programs; reduce Medicare improper payments by 50 percent; and sell excess federal property. The ...

CAGW Staff - October 4, 2023

Improper Payments Burning Medicare While CMS and Congress Fiddle

... For example, in 2002, Congress passed the first of three improper payment laws, which mandate that agencies review and report improper payments.  In his October 1, 2015 testimony before the Senate Finance ...

Leslie Paige - October 17, 2017

Time to Cut the Billions in Improper Payments

... is not as efficient.  Since 2010, federal government improper payments have totaled nearly $600 billion, mostly (90 percent) in overpayments. ...

Rachel Cole - October 17, 2017

Medicare Making Improper Payments to Prisoners

... policies and implement claims edits to ensure that payments are not made for Medicare services rendered to incarcerated ... during 2013 and 2014 and received $34.6 million in improper payments.  The OIG stated that CMS’s policies and procedures generally did not allow CMS to detect and recoup improper payments on a post-payment basis because “CMS turned off its ...

Leslie Paige - October 12, 2016

GAO Releases New Estimate of COVID Unemployment Insurance Fraud

... least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) payments could have been improper payments and a significant portion of those payments were likely due ...

Eric Maus - September 27, 2023

Citizens Against Government Waste Releases $4 Trillion in Prime Waste-Cutting Recommendations

... following recommendations : Reduce Medicare improper payments by 50 percent, which would save $ 23.4 billion over five years . ...

Alexandra Abrams - October 5, 2023

Reduce Medicare Improper Payments by 50 percent over five years.

1 Year (millions):  5000 5 Year (millions):  25000 Agency:  Department of Health and Human Services PC Year:  2022 PC Item Source:  CAGW

CAGW Staff - October 14, 2022

Reduce improper payments in Pell Grants.

1 Year (millions):  2 5 Year (millions):  18 Agency:  Department of Education PC Year:  2022 PC Item Source:  Trump '21

CAGW Staff - October 14, 2022

GAO: Federal Improper Payments Are Out of Control

... (CAGW) reacted with exasperation at the dramatic rise in improper payments that was described during Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro’s ...

Curtis Kalin - October 1, 2015

GAO Improper Payments Report Shows Taxpayers’ Losses Are Rising

... Government Waste (CAGW) reacted with dismay to the rise in improper payments that was described during Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro’s March ...

CAGW Staff - March 10, 2015