We Want Our Healthcare Money Back Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5871 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5871

To require the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human 
      Services to submit a report on Medicare and Medicaid fraud.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2025

 Mr. Bean of Florida (for himself and Mr. Haridopolos) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 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 fraud.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``We Want Our Healthcare Money Back 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 3 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 3 months 
thereafter until the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the 
``Inspector General'') shall submit a report on Medicare and Medicaid 
fraud, including the information described in subsection (b), to the 
following committees:
            (1) The Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (3) The Committee on Finance of the Senate.
            (4) The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
        of the Senate.
    (b) Information Described.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
information described in this subsection is, with respect to the 3-
month period ending on the date that is 1 month before the date on 
which the report under such subsection is required to be submitted--
            (1) the number of investigations of Medicare and Medicaid 
        fraud conducted by the Inspector General during such period;
            (2) 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 General;
            (3) the dollar amount of fraud alleged in each such 
        criminal prosecution and civil action;
            (4) the charges alleged in each such criminal prosecution 
        and civil action; and
            (5) the number of individuals and entities excluded from 
        participating in any Federal health care program (as such term 
        is defined in section 1128B of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1320a-7b)) during such period due to a criminal 
        conviction or other act related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
    (c) Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Medicare and Medicaid fraud'' means fraud related to the Medicare 
program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et 
seq.) or the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1306 et seq.).
    (d) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional amounts are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 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 Services.
                                 <all>