Add to ORKGThe complexity of and quantity of funds involved in Medicare reimbursements have led to a significant increase in the number of Medicare fraud. A particular kind of Medicare fraud, upcoding, has contributed to excessive and avoidable health care spending. Upcoding has been an illegal tactic that some providers have used to increase their Medicare reimbursement for specific medical conditions. This is accomplished by coding a provided service as a more expensive service than what was performed. With the proliferation of upcoding, there has been an unprecedented $12.5 billion in fraudulent Medicare charges. While solving the problem of upcoding will not eliminate the multiple contributing factors to this enormous healthcare expenditure, it wo...
The majority of the United States (U.S.) healthcare fraud has been focused on the major public progr...
Dishonest behavior significantly increases the cost of medical care provision. Upcoding of patients ...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recently c...
The complexity of and amount of funds involved in Medicare has led to a significant increase in the ...
Medicare fraud has been the cause of up to $60 billion in overpaid claims in 2015 alone. Upcoding oc...
“Upcoding,” a type of Medicare fraud and abuse in hospital billing practices, represents the attempt...
In 2014, the U.S. spent approximately $3 trillion on health care. Medicare accounted for $554 billio...
Medicare fraud and abuse costs are estimated at 3%-10% of overall Medicare spending, which is expect...
Medicare fraud and abuse costs are estimated at 3%-10% of overall Medicare spending, which is expect...
INTRODUCTION: The United States has spent approximately $2.6 trillion on healthcare in recent years....
The majority of the United States health care fraud has been focused on the major public program, Me...
Healthcare fraud is an expensive, pervasive problem both domestically and globally. It can exist in ...
The adoption of EMR systems has been argued to lead to physicians “upcoding” their patients to infla...
The US federal government spends more than a trillion dollars per year on health care, largely provi...
In 2007, the U.S. spent nearly $2.3 trillion on health care and public and private insurers processe...
The majority of the United States (U.S.) healthcare fraud has been focused on the major public progr...
Dishonest behavior significantly increases the cost of medical care provision. Upcoding of patients ...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recently c...
The complexity of and amount of funds involved in Medicare has led to a significant increase in the ...
Medicare fraud has been the cause of up to $60 billion in overpaid claims in 2015 alone. Upcoding oc...
“Upcoding,” a type of Medicare fraud and abuse in hospital billing practices, represents the attempt...
In 2014, the U.S. spent approximately $3 trillion on health care. Medicare accounted for $554 billio...
Medicare fraud and abuse costs are estimated at 3%-10% of overall Medicare spending, which is expect...
Medicare fraud and abuse costs are estimated at 3%-10% of overall Medicare spending, which is expect...
INTRODUCTION: The United States has spent approximately $2.6 trillion on healthcare in recent years....
The majority of the United States health care fraud has been focused on the major public program, Me...
Healthcare fraud is an expensive, pervasive problem both domestically and globally. It can exist in ...
The adoption of EMR systems has been argued to lead to physicians “upcoding” their patients to infla...
The US federal government spends more than a trillion dollars per year on health care, largely provi...
In 2007, the U.S. spent nearly $2.3 trillion on health care and public and private insurers processe...
The majority of the United States (U.S.) healthcare fraud has been focused on the major public progr...
Dishonest behavior significantly increases the cost of medical care provision. Upcoding of patients ...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In recently c...