Phantom billing, fake prescriptions, and the high cost of medicine

Leap, Terry L., 1948-

Phantom billing, fake prescriptions, and the high cost of medicine health care fraud and what to do about it / [electronic resource] : Terry L. Leap. - Ithaca : ILR Press, 2011. - xi, 237 p. : ill. - The culture and politics of health care work . - Culture and politics of health care work. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health care fraud and its facilitating crimes -- The major health care fraud laws -- Fraud in fee-for-service and managed care : different sides of the same coin -- Fraud at major hospitals : profits at any cost, part 1 -- Fraud in the pharmaceutical, medical equipment, and supply industries : profits at any cost, part -- Fighting health care fraud and abuse.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Medical care--Corrupt practices--United States.
Fraud--United States.


Electronic books.

RA395.A3 / L4125 2011eb

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