Penalties for health care fraud and abuse: January 2007-March 2008.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 140(5): 625-8, 2009 May.
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ABSTRACT
This commentary details the providers, penalties, and affected regions resulting from US health care fraud and abuse prosecutions from January 2007 to March 2008. Database review found that over $3 billion in fines as well as incarceration in some cases were ordered for 21 convicted providers, 68 percent of whom were physicians, and to 41 nonproviders, most of whom were vendors of durable medical goods (36%), individual citizens (18%) and health care corporations (17%). Fewer claims were found against pharmaceutical firms (7%) and medical equipment manufacturers (4%). Most verdicts were in the state of Florida. False claims accounted for most of the violations for both providers and nonproviders. These severe repercussions of malfeasance should promote careful consideration and construction of the terms of engagement between health care providers, corporations, and payers.
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Asunto principal:
Aplicación de la Ley
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Fraude
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Año:
2009
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos