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CAGW Names California Reps. Capps and Nunes Porkers of the Month

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, February 28th, 2008

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Reps. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) February Porkers of the Month for attempting to impede the recovery of hundreds of millions in overpayments to Medicare providers in the state of California.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have implemented a sensible demonstration program to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in improper payments made to hospitals and healthcare providers in California, New York and Florida. Using Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), private sector auditing companies that specialize in uncovering both over and under payments to hospitals and healthcare...

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