Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act of 2024

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 8089, the Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, sponsored by Representatives Mike Garcia and Peters.

H.R. 8089 would clarify that State Medicaid agencies must check that a healthcare provider has not passed away as part of a provider's enrollment and revalidation of enrollment in the Medicaid program. States must perform this check using the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. This is the same system that H.R. 8084, the LIVE Beneficiaries Act, would require States to use in order to ensure deceased Medicaid enrollees do not remain enrolled in the program. We will also be discussing that bill today.

Ensuring that States check this file helps to identify and prevent waste and, in the case of providers, fraudulent activity of individuals who may attempt to use the identity of a deceased healthcare provider.

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Mr. PALLONE. I urge all my colleagues to vote for this bill. It is obviously very important to prevent any kind of fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. I yield back the balance of my time.

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