Strategies for Fighting Medicare Fraud

Health Care Manager

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 147-154

  McGee, Jamie ^a   Sandridge, Leslie ^a   Treadway, Cierra ^a   Vance, Kimberly ^a   Coustasse, Alberto ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abuse; fraud; Medicare; physician kickbacks; task forces; upcoding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRAUD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FRAUD; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051925106     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0000000000000204     Document Type: Article

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