The cms initiative has contributed to an estimated 50,000 fewer patient deaths in hospitals and 1. 3 million hospital acquired conditions saving 12 billion over three years. Medical review strategies have resulted in over 5 billion of savings in just the last year. He are working to transform medicare into a highvalue paler with payment is based on quality and not just volume and we remain focused on preventing waste and abuse and fraud before it occurs. This is not just about cost the threatening than a Beneficiary Services and a host of other problems. Since 2011 we have been using the system to provide advanced analytics on all the feeforservice claims. The system also incorporates beneficiary complaints and works with numerous other inputs to generate and prioritize further reviews and investigations. Cms takes administrative action to stop problematic behaviors through the suspension of payments and medical review of claims and a removal from the program. As we recently reported t
That translates into fewer audits and collection cases and we estimate the government will lose at least 2 billion in revenue that otherwise would have been collected. Additionally, the reductions have forced us to make cuts in taxpayer service. This is troublesome because he we cant provide the Services Taxpayers need to fulfill their Tax Obligations voluntary compliance will fall. This concludes my statements that i would be happy to take your questions. Mr. Estevez . Thank you. Appreciate the opportunity to appear before you to discuss a couple of years of highrisk identified by gao specifically supply Chain Management, weapons acquisition. The department of defense has made measurable progress in addressing these areas as well as in the areas of Contractor Management and infrastructure. The department is dedicated to improving our supply chain and acquisition processes to ensure effective support for our warfighters. Supply Chain Management and Weapon System acquisition of complex
Implementation to goad and exhort and encourage. I think thats really good. With respect to the whole subject, you are familiar with the document issued december 10. Yes, im familiar with it. I assume that you and your i. T. Expert let me not assume assume. Was that a helpful document in terms of laying out goals and objectives . Yes. You concur. It set the foundation for key initiatives going forward. And for example when it talks about we ought to approve funding of major i. T. Programs only when it meets three basic criteria. Right . Have a dedicated manager parnd a fully staffed integrated program team, use a modular approach with usable functionality delivered every six months. I think they mean by that, break up huge multiyear complex Systems Integration contracts so that theyre easier to manage. And thirdly, use specialized i. T. Acquisition professionals. Are those do you think those are three helpful criteria whether we are looking at issuing a major procurement . I did. Absol
I sent you a text and i want to compliment you actually, sent you ton ean email. I want to compliment you that on a weekend you responded via email, which was shockingly surprising, and i just want to say thank you. Do you have the automatic reenrollment numbers that ive been requesting from cms . Have they given those to you . Mr. Meadows thanks for the question, and happy to be accessible whenever you need. The answer is i think were still working on it. That is part of the agency, obviously, that i dont have direct oversight over. My understanding is youve had numerous conversations with the ceo of the marketplace, kevin kuninen, and they are working on assembling those numbers. Our focus is getting the numbers out to you and the public, but making sure theyre accurate when we do. So what youre saying is you have not seen the numbers for the automatic reenrollment. Youve never seen any totals . I have not, no. Its my understanding that weve had those numbers and weve been trying for