Cortez Masto Leads Letter to HHS Demanding Answers on How Agency is Combating Health Care Fraud
(WorldNews Health)

August 14, 2019 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma demanding more information about efforts by CMS to address fraud, waste and abuse in the health care system. Recent articles have indicated that CMS has systematically failed to stem fraud, even when the fraud is properly flagged by individuals with knowledge of the circumstances. The letter requests detailed information on what actions CMS is taking to strengthen security and consumer protection in light of this report. `We must...