Exam 11: Medical Crime

Boiler rooms with slick telemarketers offered full physicals for little or no fee. This free diagnostic service turned out to be very costly because patients were required to furnish bank information and electronic checks were processed by financial institutions.

(True/False)

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Question 21

Identify and describe the three most common billing irregularities in physician Medicare fraud.

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Question 22

American dialysis patients are how many times more likely to die in a given year as those in Western Europe or Japan?

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Question 23

The case of Dr.Jose Manaya was described by shocking the judge who sentenced him. He performed unnecessary ____________ on patients.

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Question 24

Boiler rooms with slick telemarketers offered full physicals for a little or no fee. This free diagnostic service turned out to be very costly because:

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Question 25

Describe how fraud can be committed in medical equipment sales. What are the dangers for the public when this occurs?

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Question 26

Bounty hunters in the medical fraud area are:

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Question 27

What percentage of doctors barred by the Medicare program are not penalized by the state medical boards?

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Question 28

Medicare can be an easy mark for fraudulent equipment sales because it often fails to account for the legitimacy of suppliers.

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Question 29

Which of the following activities could constitute research fraud?

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Question 30

Doctors referring patients to labs and other institutions in which they have partial ownership is problematic for all of the following reasons except:

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Question 31

________________ services are services that never happened.

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Question 32

Patient referral firms are known as ________________.

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Question 33

Some argue that nursing home abuse occurs for all of the following reasons except:

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Question 34

Medicare is an easy mark for fraudulent equipment sales because:

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Question 35

Cecil Jacobson operated a ________________ clinic that hurt patients by using his own sperm for fertilization without patient knowledge and using hormones to convince women they were pregnant when they were not.

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Question 36

Explain why the incidence of home care fraud has increased. What forms does it take and why is this crime difficult to investigate?

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Question 37

One investigator states that catching people who defraud Medicare is like catching fish that jump into the boat. Why would he say this?

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Question 38

Psychiatrists represent ________________ % of all doctors.

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Question 39

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are the new model for providing medical care. Criticisms of HMOs include all of the following except:

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Boiler rooms with slick telemarketers offered full physicals for little or no fee. This free diagnostic service turned out to be very costly because patients were required to furnish bank information and electronic checks were processed by financial institutions.

Identify and describe the three most common billing irregularities in physician Medicare fraud.

American dialysis patients are how many times more likely to die in a given year as those in Western Europe or Japan?

The case of Dr.Jose Manaya was described by shocking the judge who sentenced him. He performed unnecessary ____________ on patients.

Boiler rooms with slick telemarketers offered full physicals for a little or no fee. This free diagnostic service turned out to be very costly because:

Describe how fraud can be committed in medical equipment sales. What are the dangers for the public when this occurs?

Bounty hunters in the medical fraud area are:

What percentage of doctors barred by the Medicare program are not penalized by the state medical boards?

Medicare can be an easy mark for fraudulent equipment sales because it often fails to account for the legitimacy of suppliers.

Which of the following activities could constitute research fraud?

Doctors referring patients to labs and other institutions in which they have partial ownership is problematic for all of the following reasons except:

________________ services are services that never happened.

Patient referral firms are known as ________________.

Some argue that nursing home abuse occurs for all of the following reasons except:

Medicare is an easy mark for fraudulent equipment sales because:

Cecil Jacobson operated a ________________ clinic that hurt patients by using his own sperm for fertilization without patient knowledge and using hormones to convince women they were pregnant when they were not.

Explain why the incidence of home care fraud has increased. What forms does it take and why is this crime difficult to investigate?

One investigator states that catching people who defraud Medicare is like catching fish that jump into the boat. Why would he say this?

Psychiatrists represent ________________ % of all doctors.

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are the new model for providing medical care. Criticisms of HMOs include all of the following except:

Introduction

Crimes Against Consumers

Unsafe Products

Environmental Crime

Institutional Corruption: Mass Media and Religion

Securities Fraud

Corporate Fraud

Fiduciary Fraud

Crimes by the Government

Corruption of Public Officials

Computer Crime

Conclusions

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