Tag: Waste and Fraud

Medicare inappropriately paid $23 million for services that began after the death of more than 17,000 beneficiaries in 2011, according to the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Medicare paid $23 million for services after beneficiaries’ deaths

Ethan Barton · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Few of the IGs become public figures, even when, like Daniel Levinson, they and their staff have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars over the years. Two new reports from Levinson this week cast a disturbing spotlight on the depth and durability of corruption in federal health care spending.

Beltway Confidential

Feds provide cradle-to-beyond-the-grave ‘security’

Mark Tapscott · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Report: DHS employees abusing overtime allowances

Report: DHS employees abusing overtime allowances

Alicia Caldwell · November 1, 2013 12:32 am

Afghan National Army officers take part in a training exercise at a National Army base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct. 8. (AP/Ahmad Jamshid)

National Security

Afghanistan reconstruction threatened by security transfer, official corruption, IG warns

Michal Conger · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

US embassy in Belarus plagued by inadequate staffing, unsafe offices

Ethan Barton · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

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$10.5 million Medicare fraud scheme leads to guilty pleas in money-laundering conspiracy

Ethan Barton · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

Daily Journal: Prentiss County couple indicted for Medicaid fraud

Daily Journal: Prentiss County couple indicted for Medicaid fraud

Washington Examiner · October 31, 2013 4:00 am

John M. Bales, the U.S. attorney for Texas' eastern district, announces a $34 million settlement with Indian consulting giant Infosys to end a criminal investigation over visa fraud, in Plano, Texas, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Infosys was accused of bringing thousands of foreign workers to the United States using incorrect visas, but denied any allegations as part of the settlement.(AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)

Infosys to settle US visa fraud case for $34m

Washington Examiner · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

In early morning darkness, a worker prepares heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area between Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Millions of tax dollars that could go toward Hurricane Sandy recovery are instead going to research on the storm recovery process, according to a nonprofit government watchdog group. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Wednesday watchdogs: Storm relief grants funding recovery studies

Kelly Cohen, Michal Conger · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Federal contractor caught inflating prices, settles for $6.2 million with GSA

Kelly Cohen · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan projects funded with billions of U.S. tax dollars will soon be inaccessible to oversight officials

Michal Conger · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

LA Times: Former Bell, Calif., city admin was ‘sleeping with her paycheck,’ colleagues joked

Washington Examiner · October 28, 2013 4:00 am