The use of home inspections will be discouraged . HUD promises to use the federal False Claims Act to prosecute errant appraisers. This should comfort no one. At this time the False Claims Act is being used to hunt out cases of Medicare fraud. Nowhere in this process is there an opportunity short of a full-blown federal court case to determine if the complaint has merit in the first place.
Guilt is assumed.
If hospitals challenge federal bureaucrats they may lose in court in which case they owe fines and legal fees. AHA says billing errors do occur. But they also point out that Medicare claims are governed by 1,756 pages of law and 1,257 pages of regulations. More than 180 members of the House of Representative are co-sponsoring legislation to amend the law. Require the home inspector to be selected by the purchaser.