13 Investigates a Houston-area connection to what the FBI is calling one of the "biggest Medicare scams in history."
Three Houston-area women are accused of defrauding the US government out of more than $80 million in federal Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement funds.
Authorities said the 64-year-old's home health agency billed Medicare over $400,000 in claims for health services and falsified records to support them.
The database - which HHS said will draw from insurance claims, medical records, and data from wearable technology such as smartwatches - is one of the first steps in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to find the causes of autism "by September."
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not explain why it was not finalizing the proposal, which the Biden administration unveiled in November.
Before the law, there was no cap on what Medicare enrollees might have to spend on medications covered by their Part D drug plans.