Author Safian defines the False Claims Act “law specifically forbids the transmission of claims with the intention of gaining reimbursement under false conditions” (Safian‚ 2009). This means that when a claim is submitted with false information to increase reimbursement it violates the False Claims Act. This behavior also can be identified as intentional and will be considered as fraud. There are heavy consequences for violating this Act and the behavior associated with violation should not be
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Madon Oilfield Services‚ Inc. Part 1 1. Sherika Spies is the head of payroll. She is also the wife of Tim Spies who is the Lafayette Branch Manager. 2. Sherika could write extra payroll and bonus checks for her and her husband‚ which could easily be done since Bernie was usually out of the office and she also had his signature on a rubber stamp. Sherika could set up a ghost employee as well as write other employees an extra payroll or bonus check for them and receive a kickback from that
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“Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts” (Peter A. Facione) - summary – The article starts with emphasizing the importance of making good decisions and practicing fair judgments comparing with enduring the consequences of uninformed and bad choices. Next topic is defining “critical thinking”‚ which is based on rhetorical questions that can help each of us deducing by ourselves what it means and why it is important. Whenever you are in the position to choose‚ you have to analyze
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Why the Greeks Matter During the NRP broadcast ‘Why the Greeks Matter’‚ Cahill‚ Straus and the listeners mentioned a lot of important points concerning the Greeks. How they lived their everyday life‚ what influenced their customs and what democracy meant to them are just a few that were mentioned. One of the first compelling points Cahill and Straus describe is excellence. Excellence is what the Greeks cared most about because it was dominated by alpha males. Cahill mentioned
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When reading Box 4.7 I found many useful shared reading practices that I have used both inside the classroom and in the school library. I would say one of the practices that I feel would be the most useful would be‚ “Encouraging children to retell the story in their own words.” (Vacca et al.‚ 2015‚ p. 105). I believe this strategy is very useful for young children because it gives the teacher a chance to see what they comprehend. I would use this strategy in my class during the guided reading block
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Are Diet Pills The Answer To Losing Weight? There are a wide variety of diet pills on the market. It’s the knowledge based on the awareness that matters because some can lead to death or long term health problems. With today’s society both men and women are so influenced to be at a perfect weight and if you’re not than you are considered to be overweight. So many people are worried about how they look and if they are skinny enough to blend into society. When women or men think
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In the article “Need an Organ. It Helps to be Rich” a claim of policy was being supported. The claim of policy that was being supported was that anyone who is willing to donate an organ should be eligible for a transplant themselves‚ regardless of the ability to pay. This claim of policy was supported by using sources‚ evidence‚ and appeals. This claim was supported first by sources. When using sources it is important to make sure that the sources are credible. The author of the article “Need an
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The Matter of Whiteness 1 Running head: White Privilege The Matter of Whiteness Spacemantj The Matter of Whiteness Richard Dyer said “racial imagery is central to the organization of the modern world” because he felt most decisions that represent the practices of the world are based on white man’s ideologies and images in western culture. White people remain a large category that has not been examined in contrast to the many studies of images on African Americans
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A Most Mysterious Material: The Aerogel In his book‚ “Stuff Matters”‚ Miodownik discusses‚ through personal narratives‚ the many facets of material science and their applications in real world instances. Out of all of the different types of materials he encounters‚ perhaps the most exotic were aerogels. In this chapter‚ “Marvelous‚” Miodownik begins in a top secret U.S. government laboratory where he first sets his eyes on this mysterious material. At first‚ Miodownik is denied a chance to observe
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Alaska at the time Jack Conroy left his town to search for his dead father’s gold claim with his friend Alex Larson. During the gold mining seasons‚ many men went and searched for gold. Jack couldn’t go to his father’s claim alone so he teamed up with Alex to find what’s rightfully his. There were snow on every rock‚ tree‚ and ground he looked at. The plot of White Fang was for Jack Conroy to find his father’s claim with his friend Alex Larson. And also to overcome any dangers they might come upon
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