Moving from rhetoric to real solutions in government benefit programs
Fraud, waste, and abuse in government benefits programs drain billions of taxpayer dollars, but there is a path ahead. Now, new tools and techniques such as predictive analytics, behavioral economics, and collective intelligence offer agencies innovative ways to address the problem for improved program integrity.
Shutting down fraud, waste, and abuse: Moving from rhetoric to real solutions in government benefit programs, examines how to create a holistic approach using five strategies:
- Make data collection central to anti-fraud and waste strategies
- Create a learning system to respond to changing threats
- Emphasize prevention to get the best return on effort
- Use “choice architecture” to encourage compliance
- Share intelligence to reduce intentional fraud
These approaches to benefits fraud prevention can help government agencies make their anti-fraud dollars work harder and smarter.
Deloitte Public Sector Practice
May 31, 2016