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Counteracting Fraud, Waste And Abuse In Drug Test Billing, Allison Walton
Counteracting Fraud, Waste And Abuse In Drug Test Billing, Allison Walton
Economic Crime Forensics Capstones
Medicaid, Medicare, and major insurance companies are being faced with increased costs for drug test screening. These costs are not caused by a spike in the use of narcotics by subscribers, but from unnecessary testing and overbilling by doctors and drug screening companies. Recovering drug addicts are required to have random drug tests during their treatment program, but instead of being random, the drug tests have become prescriptive. Testing is performed at specific times weekly on a single patient, for substances that return results that are unimportant to the doctors. Doctors are given drug testing kits by large drug testing …
Medicare Fraud In The United States: Can It Ever Be Stopped?, Chelsea Hill, Alex Hunter, Leslie Johnson, Alberto Coustasse
Medicare Fraud In The United States: Can It Ever Be Stopped?, Chelsea Hill, Alex Hunter, Leslie Johnson, Alberto Coustasse
Alberto Coustasse, DrPH, MD, MBA, MPH
The majority of the United States health care fraud has been focused on the major public program, Medicare. The yearly financial loss from Medicare fraud has been estimated at about $54 billion. The purpose of this research study was to explore the current state of Medicare fraud in the United States, identify current policies and laws that foster Medicare fraud, and determine the financial impact of Medicare fraud. The methodology for this study was a literature review. Research was conducted using a scholarly online database search and government Web sites. The number of individuals charged with criminal fraud increased from …
Global Aerospace Inc., Order On Motions For Sanctions, Elizabeth E. Long
Global Aerospace Inc., Order On Motions For Sanctions, Elizabeth E. Long
Georgia Business Court Opinions
No abstract provided.
Jay Ordan, Order On Defendants' Motion For Summary Judgment, Elizabeth E. Long
Jay Ordan, Order On Defendants' Motion For Summary Judgment, Elizabeth E. Long
Georgia Business Court Opinions
No abstract provided.