What is the Fraud Investigation Database?
The Fraud Investigation Database (FID) is a centralized data entry and reporting system run out of the CMS Data Center that allows CMS to monitor fraudulent activity and payment suspensions related to Medicare and Medicaid providers.
The FID was designed to capture fraud investigative data from the point when the potential for Medicare Fraud is substantiated to the final resolution of a case. The FID also tracks Medicare provider payment suspension information and Requests for Information (RFIs) from Law Enforcement Agencies.
Who all have access to the Fraud Investigation Database.
- Medicare Contractors
- State Medicaid Agencies
- Law Enforcement Agencies
- CMS Central Office (CO) and
- Regional Office (RO) staff.
- The entry of data occurs at Medicare Contractor and Medicaid State Agency sites.
In real time, almost all Fraud Investigation Database data processing takes place online. The FID application is Web-enabled, which means its content and functionality are delivered through the World Wide Web technology to the application users. FID is accessible through the Internet, protected by multifactor authentication and a host of security measures. Instead of limiting access to the CMS Intranet only, which has caused considerable inconvenience for external users, the Fraud Investigation Database has a much wider reach to Fraud Investigation Database?s user communities. All the information transmitted through the Internet is encrypted following applicable standards. As mentioned above, multifactor authentication safeguards the FID application by having two levels of authentication upon user login. All login requests must go through multifactor authentication. Fraud investigation contractors, the largest user community of FID, typically have in-house internal tracking systems for their work on fraud investigations and cases. FID does not integrate or