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You have at least a 93% chance of being required to revalidate a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant by March 23, 2013. Physicians make up the bulk of providers who need to be revalidated as part of CMS’s new enrollment revalidation drive, which affects all providers who enrolled before March 25, 2011. Nearly 52% of these folks are physicians, according to a draft CMS statement-of-work document released May 27. Non-physicians make up the next biggest segment, representing 20.8% of the pie. 

They could be shopping in your local supermarket, frequenting your favorite restaurants or even living next door. The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) wants you to be on the lookout for "health care fugitives" who've allegedly ripped-off Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs. 
 
“Individuals who steal from Federal health care programs and then flee from the consequences of their crimes must be held accountable. We hope our new Web page will encourage the public to help us apprehend these fugitives,” said Gerald T. Roy, OIG deputy inspector general for investigations.
Federal anti-fraud programs recovered more than $4 billion in fiscal year 2010. HHS, CMS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) stand to recoup more, and prevent further waste and abuse, with new enforcement tools created by a new regulation released today. Here are three provisions in the rule that the federal agencies highlighted today.

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