WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of a measure that requires states to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain information with respect to Medicaid provider terminations to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse within the system:
“Taxpayers contribute portions of their hard-earned salaries to support programs such as Medicaid, and they deserve to know that these dollars are being spent responsibly. Reuters recently found that state insurance programs were paying certain Medicaid providers – approximately one in five – that have previously been banned from another state’s Medicaid program for reasons of fraud, quality or integrity. These mistakes have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, and this is just one more example of bureaucratic red-tape causing unjust damage.
“The important legislation which today passed the House is an important step toward eliminating the waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid system. I proudly support this legislation and urge the president to quickly sign it into law.”
For more information on H.R. 3716, Ensuring Terminated Providers are Removed from Medicaid and CHIP Act, click here.
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