While fraud is typically discussed in financial terms, some health care industry frauds have an element that is absent in most other industries, i.e., individuals' health and lives may be affected. This paper provides a definitional understanding of health care fraud, defines specific frauds, ...
Federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, are under attack by dishonest people who lie to the government and exploit its programs to steal taxpayers' money. The full extent of health care fraud cannot be measured precisely. However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ...
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"Health care fraud shows no sign of abating," said Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, founder and chairman of the ACFE, during his keynote message at the 23rd Annual ACFE Fraud Conference & Exhibition. "Don't expect a downturn anytime soon."Because health care fraud affects everybody, ...
of concurrent surgeries due to recent concerns that patients are not informed they are sharing surgeons and hospitals may be “actively concealing” the practice from patients. This investigation follows U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s health care fraud unit’s investigation on the potential...
For the Ping An Group, ecosystem integration is also a powerful generator of business value, unleashing synergies. For example, up to 20 per cent of Ping An’s new financial customers each year come from its healthcare ecosystem. The healthcare link fosters a benign cycle of joint financial ...
Team-based health care is the provision of health services to individuals, families, and/or their communities by at least two health providers who work collaboratively with patients and their caregivers—to the extent preferred by each patient—to accomplish shared goals within and across settings to...
In an era ofaccountable care organizations,health caresystems need to be redesigned to care for the chronically ill. Diabetes is a great example of a chronic disease that could be partly prevented, but more important most of its complications that are costly and burdensome could be prevented. ...
Local authorities shut down "fire therapy" clinics with safety hazards and initiated a campaign against illegal activities in healthcare products market on Wednesday. RELATED STORIES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF MOVIEPASS’ PARENT COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD SCHEME AND ...
A large public entity or other organization may have its own ombudsman—an example being the California Department of Health Care Services. Depending on the appointment, an ombudsman may investigate specific complaints about the services or other interaction a consumer has had with the entity concerned...