US warns hospitals against Medicare scams, vows to Prosecute

WASHINGTON,  Sept 25:  There are ‘troubling indications’ some hospitals may be using electronic records to defraud Medicare, the Obama administration said yesterday, promising to prosecute any doctors and hospitals found ‘gaming the system’. US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder warned five hospital-related interest groups of signs of abuse of the Medicare healthcare program administered by the federal  government. (AGENCIES)