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Examples of Health Care Provider Fraud

 

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  • Billing for services not actually performed
  • Falsifying a patient's diagnosis to justify tests, surgeries or other procedures that aren't medically necessary
  • Misrepresenting procedures performed to obtain payment for non-covered services, such as cosmetic surgery
  • Upcoding, or billing for a service that is more costly than the one actually performed
  • Unbundling, or billing each stage of a procedure as if it were a separate treatment
  • Accepting kickbacks for member referrals
  • Waiving member co-pays or deductibles and over-billing the insurance carrier or benefit plan


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