Stop paying the crooks
Subtitle: solutions to end the fraud that threatens your healthcare
By: edited by James Frogue ; [foreword by Newt Gingrich].
Contributors: Frogue, James.
Publisher: CHT Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781933966045
Subjects: Medicaid fraud; Medicare fraud; Medical care -- Corrupt practices -- United States; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse: a smarter way to deter and prevent; title: Blue plans leading the way: innovative solutions for fighting healthcare fraud; title: The case for the healthcare payments network : cutting fraud, slashing waste, saving billions; title: South Florida : ground zero for healthcare fraud; title: A closer look at public and nonprofit hospitals; title: Medicare fraud : what the government can learn from the private sector; title: Fraud and beyond: taking program integrity to the next level; title: The "F" word : $250 billion of easy money; title: The spectrum of fraud : from an ocean of pennies to a galley of crooks; title: The Medicare to Medicaid crossover : an open door to waste and fraud; title: Creative approaches to combating fraud in state Medicaid programs; title: Connected care : the solution to medication errors, duplicate testing, and preventable hospitalization; title: Medicaid : reforming a fourth-party payer system.