"For the first time federal officials have the power to overhaul the system under Obama's Affordable Care Act, which gives them authority to stop paying a provider they suspect is fraudulent. Critics have long complained the process did nothing more than rubber-stamp payments to fraudulent providers".

"That world is coming to an end," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told The Associated Press after speaking at a health care fraud prevention summit in Miami. "We've got new ways to go after folks that we've never had before."

I think medicare fraud investigators should work on commission. Give them 1% of all convictions they bring in. Now we have a motivated workforce.

Since its inception, I have heard through friends and relatives of at least 4 minor medicare scams. If I know this through casual conversation, I wonder what a person who made it their business would know.

I know several people who have made rather large sums of money by reviewing hospital billings (on a commission) to "improve" their Medicare billings.I am not a medical person, but I understand this means re-defining a frature as a break. I wonder how such large sums are possible.

Wait a minute... did Justin just come out in favor of something the President did in reforming healthcare? Nearly fell of my chair there.