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This line of federal improper spending is among the most galling

Federal improper payments roll on and on, year after year. Among the most frustrating are fraudulent unemployment benefits, federal dollars that get spent…

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The rest of fiscal 2023 is shaping up to be an extra-rocky time for contractors

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Will telehealth — which exploded during the pandemic — continue to boom?

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo, the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington.  The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to run U.S. health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who’ll carry out his strategy for expanding affordable coverage and reining in prescription drug costs. Obama-era policy adviser Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will be the first Black woman to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which also administers children’s health insurance and the Affordable Care Act.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs

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Kevin Plexico, right, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek, with John Thomas Flynn. (Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)Kevin Plexico, right, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek, with John Thomas Flynn on Ask the CIO: SLED Edition

State and local IT market forecasting — pre-coronavirus: Part 2

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(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army)U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Lawrence, right, places a temporary teal ribbon tattoo on a Soldier's hand at the Koele dining facility at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. The teal ribbon was the symbol of sexual assault survivors and awareness. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army/Released)

IG: Veterans Benefits Administration wrongly denied hundreds of military sexual trauma claims

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Jennifer Main: Who keeps CMS’ $700M budget running smoothly?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a massive mission. Some 100 million Americans receive its services. It expends some $700 billion a year.

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Katherine Iritani: CMS lacks oversight of managed care programs

GAO says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services doesn’t have enough oversight of managed care programs.

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Tom O’Donnell: HHS watchdog uncovers $1.3B in Medicare, Medicaid fraud

Health and Human Services inspector general teams with state and federal law enforcement to nab large group of fraudsters.

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