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fraud

Managed care The intentional misrepresentation or deception resulting in payment(s) for services not rendered or payment above that normally paid. See Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud Patient care Dishonest practice; breach of confidence. See AIDS fraud, Health fraud. Cf Misrepresentation.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fraud

(frawd)
An act of deliberate deception performed to acquire an unlawful benefit, such as the improper coding of health services in a claim for payment.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

fraud

(frawd)
An act of deliberate deception performed to acquire an unlawful benefit.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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