Fraudulent medical billing – an overview

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Fraudulent Medical Billing – An Overview Fraudulent medical billing is one

of

the major contributing factors to

the

rising healthcare costs in the U.S.

This

can be attributed to human or computer

error,

but

in

some

cases it may be an intentional deception by the hospital, doctor, insurer or other medical billing specialist. A person who knowingly submits a false claim to benefit himself or others commits fraud. Fraud can also result from medical coding and billing errors that reimbursement.

Examples

lead of

to fraud

excessive may

include

submitting claims for services not provided, falsifying claims or medical records and misrepresenting dates, frequency, duration or description of services rendered.


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