SPIN METER: Sketchy claims for high-tech health fraud buster

(By – RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press)

Medicare says its computerized fraud prevention system worked like a cybercharm last year, identifying $454 million in problematic payments and generating a financial return for the taxpayer of $10 for every dollar spent. But you can’t take that to the bank: Most of the savings claimed by the Obama administration are unlikely to be realized, the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said in its own recent analysis. Read more…

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