The nine sections which gives the secretary of HHS substantial additional authority in the detection and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse are:
• provisions to enhance existing Medicare and Medicaid program integrity provisions
• reporting requirements for the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG)
• medical identification (ID) theft information sharing; expanded permissive exclusion provisions
• provisions to make Medicare claims data relative to providers public
• restrictions on Medicaid participation for entities with certain ownership
• control and management affiliations
• restrictions on payments for illegal unapproved drugs
• a requirement for participating individuals or entities with federal health care programs to comply with certain congressional information requests