Author: Gilbert Geis
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Fraud by Physicians in Medical Benefit Programs in the United States
Prescription for Profit
Author: Paul Jesilow
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520911830
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
In this explosive exposé of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis uncover the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state, and private officials and extensive investigation of case files, they tell the stories of doctors who profit from abortions on women who aren't pregnant, of needless surgery, overcharging for services, and excessive testing. How can doctors, recipients of a sacred trust and sworn to the Hippocratic Oath, violate Medicaid so egregiously? The authors trace patterns of abuse to the program's inauguration in the mid 1960s, when government authorities, not individual patients, were entrusted with responsibility for payments. Determining fees and regulating treatment also became the job of government agencies, thus limiting the doctors' traditional role. Physicians continue to disagree with Medicare and Medicaid policies that infringe on their autonomy and judgment. The medical profession has not accepted the gravity or extent of some members' illegal behavior, and individual doctors continue to blame violations on subordinates and patients. In the meantime, program guidelines have grown more confusing, hamstringing efforts to detect, apprehend, and prosecute Medicaid defrauders. Failure to institute a coherent policy for fraud control in the medical benefit program has allowed self-serving and greedy practitioners to violate the law with impunity. Prescription for Profit is a shocking revelation of abuse within a once-hallowed profession. It is a book that every doctor, and every patient, needs to read this year.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520911830
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
In this explosive exposé of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis uncover the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state, and private officials and extensive investigation of case files, they tell the stories of doctors who profit from abortions on women who aren't pregnant, of needless surgery, overcharging for services, and excessive testing. How can doctors, recipients of a sacred trust and sworn to the Hippocratic Oath, violate Medicaid so egregiously? The authors trace patterns of abuse to the program's inauguration in the mid 1960s, when government authorities, not individual patients, were entrusted with responsibility for payments. Determining fees and regulating treatment also became the job of government agencies, thus limiting the doctors' traditional role. Physicians continue to disagree with Medicare and Medicaid policies that infringe on their autonomy and judgment. The medical profession has not accepted the gravity or extent of some members' illegal behavior, and individual doctors continue to blame violations on subordinates and patients. In the meantime, program guidelines have grown more confusing, hamstringing efforts to detect, apprehend, and prosecute Medicaid defrauders. Failure to institute a coherent policy for fraud control in the medical benefit program has allowed self-serving and greedy practitioners to violate the law with impunity. Prescription for Profit is a shocking revelation of abuse within a once-hallowed profession. It is a book that every doctor, and every patient, needs to read this year.
Trillion Dollar Scam
Author: Saul William Seidman
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 159942956X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Fraud is the result of government and insurance company control of health care. The growth of bureaucracy is a precursor to incompetence and soaring costs of medical care. A lack of clinical diagnosis and a dependence on expensive testing has increased costs while decreasing the doctor's competence. The FBI and the attorneys general of all states are dealing with exploding health care fraud. The result is a trillion dollars in waste and deception. Trillion Dollar Scam details the origin of this fraud and waste, and offers solutions to fixing the broken U.S. health care system.
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 159942956X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Fraud is the result of government and insurance company control of health care. The growth of bureaucracy is a precursor to incompetence and soaring costs of medical care. A lack of clinical diagnosis and a dependence on expensive testing has increased costs while decreasing the doctor's competence. The FBI and the attorneys general of all states are dealing with exploding health care fraud. The result is a trillion dollars in waste and deception. Trillion Dollar Scam details the origin of this fraud and waste, and offers solutions to fixing the broken U.S. health care system.
Fraud and Abuse Among Practitioners Participating in the Medicaid Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term Care
Publisher:
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Category : Clinics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clinics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Medicare and Medicaid Frauds: Washington, D.C
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term Care
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Category : Medicaid fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicaid fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Medicare
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Publisher:
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Category : Medical fees
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical fees
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Gaming the Health Care System
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Health Care Fraud and Waste
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher:
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Category : Fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Fraudulent Medical and Insurance Promotions
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care
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Category : Advertising, Direct-mail
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising, Direct-mail
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Deceptive Or Misleading Methods in Health Insurance Sales
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Publisher:
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description