Regulation & law · 27/12/2006

CMS Proposes Changes to CMS Fraud Investigation Database System

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing modifications to its Fraud Investigation Database, a system used to track and investigate Medicare and Medicaid fraud, in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974. The proposed changes aim to broaden the scope of disclosure provisions to include information sharing with other federal and state agencies to improve the accuracy of the system.