Using Modern Analytics to Save Government Programs Millions

Fraud is costing government programs more than ever. For example, Medicaid lost $36 billion in 2017 – 10 percent of its total expenditures – which represents a 27 percent increase over 2015. As explored in this paper, fraud numbers are on the rise because fraud rings are not only getting more effective at what they do, but because it’s easy for them to find soft targets across multiple government programs simultaneously. Learn about how next-generation analytic tools from SAS cut across data and program silos and empower investigators to go on the offensive with fraud operators – without disrupting the efficient and timely delivery of benefits, services or tax refunds.