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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.
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