Washington, Sept. 10 -- Congressman Tom Suozzi issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C.-Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) today introduced the bipartisan Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Actwith Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY) to strengthen the federal government's efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse across government healthcare programs. The legislation would increase funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC), a joint agency program involving the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Justice, and FBI. HCFAC coordinates federal, state, and local efforts to identify and prosecute health ...