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Internal Medicine
Research in the area of internal medicine reported from A.S. Kesselheim and colleagues
November 1st, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Federal regulators have aggressively prosecuted health care fraud since the early 1990s, leading to billions of dollars in financial recoveries. Nearly all major cases today are qui tam actions, involving whistleblowers with inside knowledge of the allegedly illegal schemes." "This article documents the outcomes of major enforcement actions and describe the schemes, defendants, and whistleblowers involved. The authors obtained an inventory of unsealed federal qui tam litigation targeting health care fraud that was resolved between 1996 and 2005 from the U. S. Department of Justice and gathered further information from...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-01)
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