Expanded "Senior Patrol" Program Targets Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

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HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala, joined by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), recently announced 41 grants totaling $7 million to expand a program that recruits and trains retired professionals to identify waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

The Senior Medicare Patrol Project grants, including 29 new and 12 renewed grants, will be distributed among 38 States, including Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. They are administered by HHS' Administration on Aging to teach volunteer retired professionals such as doctors, nurses, accountants, investigators, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, teachers, and others how to work with Medicare and Medicaid …