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We Can’t Wait: HHS Cuts Nearly $18 Billion in Improper Payments, Announce New Steps for Stopping Government Waste

CMS Announces New Demonstrations to Help Curb Improper Medicare, Medicaid Payments

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011.  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced that the Administration cut wasteful improper payments by $17.6 billion dollars in 2011 as part of the Obama Administration’s Campaign to Cut Waste, fueled by decreases in payment errors in Medicare, Medicaid, Pell Grants, and Food Stamps.  Combined with the avoided improper payments in 2010, agencies have avoided making over $20…

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