Staying Fit
Medicare anti-fraud system launched. Federal officials launched a nationwide computer system to weed out falsified Medicare claims. Florida is the first state to test the new program. How does it work? From the LATimes: “It works much like credit-card systems that raise alerts about suspicious purchases — such as 20 pairs of shoes or unusually large sales — to help block criminals from using stolen cards or IDs." Read
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