Malpractice issues in radiology: Medicare fraud and abuse

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 591-595

  Smith, John J ^a   Berlin, Leonard ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NURSING HOME; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; FORGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

FRAUD; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; MEDICARE; RADIOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037358798     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.3.1800591     Document Type: Article

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