FALSE CLAIMS ACT OVERREACH IN HEALTHCARE: PATIENTS LOSE

Commentary by Mark W. Pearlstein & Laura McLane

Politicians are often heard decrying fraud and abuse in the healthcare system, particularly where government payers like Medicare and Medicaid are involved. Such fraud certainly occurs: situations involving physicians billing payers for patients they did not see, or treatments they did not provide, are real. This conduct is often redressed through a law called the False Claims Act, which holds government contractors, including healthcare providers, civilly liable for multiple damages and penalties if they knowingly submit false claims to the government.

(Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2017 )   <Read it>

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