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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 …
Mobile Device Use: Increasing Privacy And Security Awareness For Nurse Practitioners, Lauren Storbrauck
Mobile Device Use: Increasing Privacy And Security Awareness For Nurse Practitioners, Lauren Storbrauck
Economic Crime Forensics Capstones
Nurse practitioners are increasingly using mobile devices to access electronic medical records, as the use of the devices increases so does the risk of a potential breach. This is a direct result of technological advances such as larger storage capacities, faster computing speeds, and better portability/connectivity (Torrieri, 2011). These devices include: mobile phones, tablets, and laptops. The use of these devices has greatly facilitated the work of Nurse Practitioners, by allowing them to have instant access to patient records, health history and recommended treatment plans (Ventola, 2014). However, seventy-three percent of all mobile users stated that they are not always …