,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,bean of ,florida 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,haridopolos7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,inspector   
,general of the ,department of ,health  
and ,human ,services to submit a report 
on ,medicare and ,medicaid fraud4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,we ,want ,our ,healthcare ,money   
,back ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,report on    
,medicare and ,medicaid fraud  7a7      
,report ,not later than #c months after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and not less frequently than every #c   
months thereafter until the date that is

 #b years after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,inspector  
,general of the ,department of ,health  
and ,human ,services 7in this section   
referred to as the ,inspector ,general7 
shall submit a report on ,medicare and  
,medicaid fraud1 including the          
information described in subsection 7b71
 to the following committees3  7#a7 ,the
 ,committee on ,ways and ,means of the  
,house of ,representatives4  7#b7 ,the  
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives4  7#c7   
,the ,committee on ,finance of the      
,senate4  7#d7 ,the ,committee on       
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate4  7b7          
,information described ,for purposes of 
subsection 7a71 the information         
described in this subsection is1 with   
respect to the #c-month period ending on
 the date that is #a month before the   
date on which the report under such     
subsection is required to be submitted--
 7#a7 the number of investigations of   

,medicare and ,medicaid fraud conducted 
by the ,inspector ,general during such  
period2  7#b7 the number of criminal    
prosecutions and civil actions alleging 
,medicare and ,medicaid fraud commenced 
during such period as a result of an    
investigation conducted by the          
,inspector ,general2  7#c7 the dollar   
amount of fraud alleged in each such    
criminal prosecution and civil action2  
7#d7 the charges alleged in each such   
criminal prosecution and civil action2  
and  7#e7 the number of individuals and 
entities excluded from participating in 
any ,federal health care program 7as    
such term is defined in section #aabh;,b
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;a-#g;b77 during such    
period due to a criminal conviction or  
other act related to ,medicare and      
,medicaid fraud4  7c7 ,medicare and     
,medicaid fraud defined ,in this        
section1 the term ,medicare and         
,medicaid fraud means fraud related to  
the ,medicare program under title       

,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq47 or the    
,medicaid program under title ,,xix of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acjf et seq474  7d7 ,no      
additional funds authorized ,no         
additional amounts are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section1 
and this section shall be carried out   
using amounts otherwise appropriated to 
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services or the ,inspector ,general of 
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services4