HENRY N. PONTELLUniversity of QueenslandPAUL JESILOW & DUNCAN CHAPPELLUniversity of QueenslandInternational Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal JusticeWilson, P. R., Geis, G., Pontell, H. N., Jesilow, P., & Chappell, D. (1985). Medical fraud and abuse: Australia, Canada, and ...
California law establishes many moral and ethical codes of conduct for medical practitioners. This legislation aims to prevent medical fraud and abuse and sets standards for evaluating the professional conduct of medical practitioners. Medical practice law covers many different areas of professional...
Preventing healthcare fraud and abuse is essential to maintain the integrity of the healthcare system, protect patients and Protected Health Information (PHI), and ensure that resources are used efficiently and appropriately. Healthcare fraud refers to intentional deception or misrepresentation with the ...
LAUNCESTON, Tasmania — Launceston General Hospital falsified death certificates mean covering-up true cause of death. Commonly known as lying, fraud, dishonesty. This is what health and medical bureaucrats do to protect their political masters. Then they lie to us. The question to be asked: What...
The Estate of Jose de Jesus Ortiz, represented by Ericka Ortiz, filed a civil action against Elmcrest and its staff for elder abuse, neglect, negligence, willful misconduct, and fraud, alleging that their failure to provide necessary care led to his death. The trial court compelled arbitration...
In terms of patient safety, any history of criminal convictions – for harm to another person, violence, driving under the influence or driving when intoxicated, fraud of any kind, rape, drug-related crimes, embezzlement, very dangerous or reckless driving, ...
In terms of patient safety, any history of criminal convictions – for harm to another person, violence, driving under the influence or driving when intoxicated, fraud of any kind, rape, drug-related crimes, embezzlement, very dangerous or reckless driving, perjury or...
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid servicesis poised to take bigger steps in preventing fraud and abuse by increasing its monitoring and analytics capabilities. CMS will conduct enrollment and medical claims analytics to keep frauds out of Medicare, for this some necessary technology is already depl...
Academic publishing is a cornerstone of scholarly communications, yet is unfortunately open to abuse, having given rise to ‘predatory publishers’– groups that employ aggressive marketing tactics, are deficient in methods and ethics, and bypass peer review. Preventing these predatory publishers from in...
must be of sufficient mental capacity and be in possession of all essential information in order to give valid consent. A person who is an infant, is mentally incompetent, or is under the influence of drugs is incapable of giving consent. Consent must also be free of coercion or fraud. ...