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health fraud A general term for those practices in which either 1. Health services are promised and/or paid for, but not provided at an appropriate standard of professionalism or skill. See Quackery or 2. Practices in which health care is
provided–or allegedly provided, but reimbursement claims to Medicare, Medicaid or other 3rd-party payer are fraudulent. See Medicare fraud. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After a grand jury investigation, Walker and Green were arrested Wednesday and, along with Garabet, face seven counts of health fraud, carrying a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Materials regarding the Medical Bureau's chain of facilities can be found in Lanteen, folders 2-4, box 465, Historical Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine Collection (Archives of the American Medical Association, AMA Building, Chicago, Illinois). 10) In 1998, the National Council Against Health Fraud concluded that "cranial osteopathy is more a belief system than a science. |
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