PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006
120 STAT. 77
(3) by inserting after paragraph (68), the following: ‘‘(69) provide that the State must comply with any requirements determined by the Secretary to be necessary for carrying out the Medicaid Integrity Program established under section 1936.’’. (c) INCREASED FUNDING FOR MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACTIVITIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, without further appropriation, $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, for activities of such Office with respect to the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). (2) AVAILABILITY; AMOUNTS IN ADDITION TO OTHER AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— (A) remain available until expended; and (B) be in addition to any other amounts appropriated or made available to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services for activities of such Office with respect to the Medicaid program. (3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2006), the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit a report to Congress which identifies— (A) the use of funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1); and (B) the effectiveness of the use of such funds. (d) NATIONAL EXPANSION OF THE MEDICARE-MEDICAID (MEDIMEDI) DATA MATCH PILOT PROGRAM.— (1) REQUIREMENT OF THE MEDICARE INTEGRITY PROGRAM.— Section 1893 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd) is amended— (A) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) The Medicare-Medicaid Data Match Program in accordance with subsection (g).’’; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(g) MEDICARE-MEDICAID DATA MATCH PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into contracts with eligible entities for the purpose of ensuring that, beginning with 2006, the Medicare-Medicaid Data Match Program (commonly referred to as the ‘Medi-Medi Program’) is conducted with respect to the program established under this title and State Medicaid programs under title XIX for the purpose of— ‘‘(i) identifying program vulnerabilities in the program established under this title and the Medicaid program established under title XIX through the use of computer algorithms to look for payment anomalies (including billing or billing patterns identified with respect to service, time, or patient that appear to be suspect or otherwise implausible); ‘‘(ii) working with States, the Attorney General, and the Inspector General of the Department of Health
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