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    Healthcare fraud has been a major issue throughout history. As consumers, we need to be aware and cautious of every surgery or medicine we take. We need to make sure we understand what services we are being billed for. Many health professionals have been caught with billing fraudulent and unnecessary services. Many laws such as FCA, AKS, Stark law, and CMPL all fight to stop physicians from abusing the health care system, but then why are health care fraud still happening and how can it be improved

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    In a society where people value success over dignity, this lack of acceptance leads to the callous deception that causes so much suffering today. This deception, found in contract fraud, means that the one soliciting a contract benefits more than the one who signs it when the terms of the agreement are manipulated. Fraud has become one of the top three causes of bankruptcy in America, along with medical bills and job loss (“Top”). In fact, a 2015 study by the Federal Trade Commission found that 25

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    As we all know medical fraud and insurance fraud is both a crime, however that does not stop individuals from committing it. Back in 2015 the FBI arrested 46 doctors and nurses across the country. Which was also the largest Medicare fraud bust ever. The individuals billed Medicare for $712 million worth of patient care that was never given. Most of the doctors was ordering durable medical equipment and sending them across the country to patients that did not request nor need them. Since 2007 The

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    most common type of life insurance fraud and has even been the plot of many movies, books and shows; although it is difficult to pull off. This occurs after a person takes out a life insurance policy on their self and after a few months of it being in effect they disappear and are declared dead. Then the beneficiary, a family member or spouse, then attempts to collect the life insurance policy “Double-billing” is a scheme that is common in health insurance fraud. Doctors will bill for treatments

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    Economic unrest is making it easier for employees to find ways to set fraud in motion – and a new breed of offenders is finding cunning ways to do so. After more than 60 years, the classic fraud triangle of three elements or events that motivate an employee to cross the line has morphed ™ into Crowe’s Fraud Pentagon. Company boards and senior management must take an offensive stance against the five conditions that precipitate fraud with a clear plan that limits the

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    some level of fraud risk which can come from sources both internal and external to the organization. In order to effectively manage fraud risks, the organization must first identify them using fraud risk assessment. In light of this, the paper is intended to make an important discussion about fraud risk assessment for any organization. Different dimensions such as the importance, value, differentiation from other business risks and assessment process are covered in this research. Fraud Risk Assessment

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    The Problem of Fraud and Abuse in the Current U.S. Healthcare System Introduction: Healthcare fraud and abuse has become a major issue for the United States healthcare system and affect many the citizens. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates that the financial losses due to health care fraud are in the tens of billions of dollars each year. “In 2011, $2.27 trillion was spent on health care and more than four billion health insurance claims were processed in the United

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    Fraud Management - An Architectural Insight Introduction Fraud is like Love. Many believe they are immune to it. Yet they make themselves available, to fall into. Successful fraud gives a new high for the fraudsters and sleepless nights for the organizations running after securing the wealth. This rush to secure the Holy Grail from reaching the fraudsters also causes a high for a broader section of the ethical technical audience who strive to ring fence their organizations. It is quite a feat to

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    COVER STORY: INTERNAL FRAUD CASE STUDY Prepare a two-to-three page case study report on the following case: COVER STORY: INTERNAL FRAUD on pages 104-106 in Chapter 4: Billing Schemes of the Fraud Examination text by Wells. Discuss the coincidences involved in this case study. Use the 2009 Global Fraud Survey (also located in Doc Sharing) for references concerning perpetrator, size of fraud, detection, and controls. This case is about the $4 million embezzlement fraud by an employee of a magazine

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    Against Money Frauds China is one of the countries that have the highest yearly rate of frauds. Although the China governments have uploaded many promotional videos on preventing the crooks, but can we really get away from the fraud base on those videos? The risk of fraudulent activity is increases every year in China. The China government should establish a special department to help people to prevent from the money frauds, because frauds are the problem that affects people a lot and also because

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