Medicare Fraud | Ms. Iris Hobson- Introduction to Logic | Atinuke Adumatioge | Medicare Fraud Healthcare today is one of the most lucrative businesses in America and many people are trying to take advantage of that. One of the reasons in the transition of street crimes is how much safer it is compared to the drug business. If we take a look at South Florida‚ we can see hundreds of people living the “high life”. The truth is rarely anybody sells drugs and more than half of those people
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A How to Manual to Commit Medicare Fraud “Biggest Medicare Fraud in History Busted.” “Dallas Doctor Arrested for Alleged Role in Nearly $375 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.” These are headlines from www.abcnews.com and a press release from the US Department of Health and Social Services from February 28‚ 2012. The press release continues‚ “The FBI views health care fraud as a severe crime problem. It causes increased costs for consumers‚ tax payers and health insurance plans‚ and degrades
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Kathleen Sibelius announced “nationwide takedown” by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations‚ in eight cities that resulted in charges against 89 individuals‚ which included doctors‚ nurses and other licensed medical professionals‚ for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billings. In Chicago‚ seven individuals were charged‚ including two doctors‚ with a variety of health care fraud schemes. This (sixth) nationwide takedown targeted eight
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Healthcare fraud‚ while there can be simple billing errors that can create this‚ Medicare fraud normally arises when a physician‚ provider‚ or supplier is trying to steal from Medicare by fabricating services or products given to patients. While most people consider Healthcare fraud the same as Healthcare abuse‚ there is a big difference in meaning. Abuse differs‚ because abuse is committed when healthcare providers do not use Medicare’s processes which can exponentiate the costs to Medicare. There is
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Medicare: Past‚ Present‚ and Future The History of Medical Insurance The idea for a national health plan was not something considered to be a priority of American government prior to the 1940’s. President Harry S. Truman was the first president to push the issue to the United States Congress in 1945. Truman called for the creation of a national health insurance plan that would be aviailable to all Americans. He envisioned coverage for hospital visits‚ dental care‚ nursing care‚ and doctor’s visits
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Introduction 3 II. About Medicare 4 III. About Medicaid 5 III. Fraud & Abuse of Medicare 7 IV. Fraud & Abuse of Medicaid 8 V. Prevention Program Methods/Reform for Medicare & Medicaid 9 VI. Conclusion 12 References 13 Executive Summary With the ever-changing difficulties of our health insurance landscape‚ the government has taken a more active role in the health care and well-being of American citizens. With this shift‚ programs like Medicare and Medicaid‚ become polarizing
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Medicare and Medicaid There are various types of insurances in today’s world. Two of them being Medicare and Medicaid. Founded in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s "Great Society"‚ they share differences and few similarities. They are social insurance programs that allow the financial burdens of illness to be shared among health and sick individuals‚ and affluent and low income families. Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage if yon are 65 years or older‚ are a younger
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Rolunda Baker Medicare Crisis Medicare is another project of Lyndon Baines Johnson Great Society. Spending is obviously out of control. On June 5th the government announced that the Medicare Trust Fund would go broke if something isn’t done with the spending (nationaldebt). In 1965 when LBJ started Health and Medicare‚ the Total Federal Spending for the year was $101 Billion. By the year 2000 we will spend over 4 times than amount on Health and Medicare alone‚ and Medicare will equal the annual
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History of Medicare HCS 530 Professor Michele Fletcher December 4‚ 2006 Background The Social Security system‚ which was created as an economic safety net for older Americans‚ was failing to protect them against the greatest single cause of economic dependency in old age which was the high cost of medical care. The need for a social insurance program to provide older Americans with reliable health care coverage started within the Social Security Administration
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Medicare Overview This paper is an overview of the Medicare system and how it works. The document is intended for adults who will be applying for Medicare benefits at the present time‚ or sometime in the near future. I know that Medicare can be very confusing to most especially to those of you who are just aging into Medicare. Truth be told Medicare can still be very difficult to understand for those of you who are past 70‚ and have been on Medicare for a while. Hopefully by
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