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Health Care & Hospital Law

Oct. 20, 2009

Healthcare Fraud and Abuse

Bryan A. Liang and Judith S.P. McCarter of Cal. Western School of Law write on how to proactively fight against healthcare fraud and abuse.

HEALTHCARE

By Bryan A. Liang and Judith S.P. McCarter

Health care reform efforts have justifiably tried to attack fraud and abuse, which costs upwards of $226 billion annually. House provisions attempt to reduce health care fraud and impose sanctions under the Medicare program, and President Obama's health care reform plan would create an independent commission of doctors and medical experts to identify waste, fraud, and abuse in the health care system...

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