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4/10/2008--Introduced.<br/>Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA), for purposes of determining or redetermining an individual's Medicaid eligibility, to direct each state to implement an asset verification program requiring Medicaid applicants or recipients to authorize the state to: (1) obtain records from a financial institution; and (2) use them to verify the individual's financial resources.<br/>Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide payments to eligible states to establish and carry out practices to reduce fraud under the state Medicaid program.<br/>Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of, and potential program savings from, implementing an electronic system for verifying asset transfers, particularly of real property, by Medicaid applicants or recipients. Authorizes the Secretary to require states to implement such a system if feasible and cost-effective.<br/>Requires withholding of federal matching payments to states for: (1) failure to implement an asset verification program; and (2) any expenditures other than for compensation of a state employee or payment to a state entity (for instance, expenditures for consultants).<br/>Requires states to submit to the Secretary state plan amendments for creating Internet-based transparency programs to improve public disclosure of Medicaid payments information.<br/>Amends SSA title XI to permit limitations, restrictions, and suspensions of Medicaid eligibility in cases of Medicaid-related civil or criminal fraud or abuse.<br/>Provides for an extended period of one year to recover Medicaid overpayments resulting from fraud or abuse.<br/>

1207800000 2008-04-10 Fri Nov 07 18:09:40 -0600 2008 introduced 49989 'act':11 'xix':6 'abus':28 'bill':2 'held':20 'titl':5 'amend':4 'asset':14 'fraud':26 'reduc':25 'secur':10 'state':30 'verif':15 'access':17 'inform':19 'purpos':36 'requir':13 'social':9 'financi':22 'program':32 'institut':23 'medicaid':31 58218 false official introduced 49989 'act':4 '2008':6 'fraud':2 'reduct':3 'medicaid':1 59611 false short introduced 49989 1207800000 Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0500 2008 149690 M001162 1946-10-23 8320 356 Russell Senate Office Building http://martinez.senate.gov/public/?p=EmailSenatorMartinez 202-228-5171 Mel 'r':4 'fl':5 'mel':2,6,8 'sen':1 'martinez':3,7,9 M 400621 Martinez Mel_Martinez Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL] 4965 N00026748 16411 Republican 202-224-3041 FL Mel Mel Martinez 3.20754716981132 http://martinez.senate.gov SenMartinezdotgov introduced 49989 1207800000 Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0500 2008 149690 action 49989 1207800000 Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0500 2008 149691 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.