Comments on: A conflict of interest for Medicare auditors http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/conflict-of-interest-for-medicare.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/conflict-of-interest-for-medicare.html#comment-84117 Anonymous Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/a-conflict-of-interest-for-medicare-auditors.html#comment-84117 If the principle is sound, then we ought to apply it all the way around:<br/><br/>1. Private tax auditors who get to keep 20% of the taxes found unpaid.<br/><br/>2. Private corporate auditors who get to keep 20% of the discrepancies found in the books.<br/><br/>3. Appealate courts get to keep 20% of the awards that they overturn.<br/><br/>4. And last but not least, campaign finance auditors who get to go through congressmen's books and keep 20% of any mishandled funds.<br/><br/>The difference between this and qui tam suits is that it is the defendant who then has to go to court and contest it if they wish--and the randomness of the targeting. If the principle is sound, then we ought to apply it all the way around:

1. Private tax auditors who get to keep 20% of the taxes found unpaid.

2. Private corporate auditors who get to keep 20% of the discrepancies found in the books.

3. Appealate courts get to keep 20% of the awards that they overturn.

4. And last but not least, campaign finance auditors who get to go through congressmen’s books and keep 20% of any mishandled funds.

The difference between this and qui tam suits is that it is the defendant who then has to go to court and contest it if they wish–and the randomness of the targeting.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/conflict-of-interest-for-medicare.html#comment-84112 Anonymous Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/a-conflict-of-interest-for-medicare-auditors.html#comment-84112 The whole private Mdeicare audit business is crooked.<br/><br/>All the way up to characters like Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who personally profits big time from her ownership of one of the shady audit companies.<br/><br/>http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/185989.html The whole private Mdeicare audit business is crooked.

All the way up to characters like Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who personally profits big time from her ownership of one of the shady audit companies.

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/185989.html

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