Office of Per­son­nel Man­age­ment uncov­ers $500M in fraud and waste in fed­er­al health ben­e­fits pro­grams

FIRST ON FOX: The Trump admin­is­tra­tion announced $500 mil­lion in waste and fraud find­ings at the Office of Per­son­nel Man­age­ment – reveal­ing a recov­ery of poten­tial­ly fraud­u­lent funds for fed­er­al health ben­e­fits programs.Health insur­ance car­ri­ers in the Fed­er­al Employ­ees Health Ben­e­fits and Postal Ser­vice Health Ben­e­fits pro­grams report­ed pre­vent­ing near­ly $510 mil­lion in loss­es before or dur­ing pay­ment and recov­er­ing an addi­tion­al $21.9 mil­lion after claims were paid, accord­ing to the Office of Per­son­nel Management.“OPM runs health insur­ance for about 8.9 mil­lion retirees and fed­er­al employ­ees, and we spend about $80 bil­lion a year,” Office of Per­son­nel Man­age­ment Direc­tor Scott Kupor told Fox News Dig­i­tal. “The $500 mil­lion, a lit­tle more than half per­cent, is a good num­ber, but cer­tain­ly we have a long way to go here to root out more fraud, waste and …