TY - JOUR
T1 - Medicare Beneficiaries' Exposure To Fraud And Abuse Perpetrators
AU - Nicholas, Lauren Hersch
AU - Segal, Jodi
AU - Hanson, Caroline
AU - Zhang, Kevin
AU - Eisenberg, Matthew D.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - In the period 2012-15, 1,364 fraud and abuse perpetrators (FAPs) treated over 1.2 million Medicare beneficiaries and received more than $630 million in Medicare payments. Compared to beneficiaries treated by non-FAPs, beneficiaries exposed to FAPs were more likely to be nonwhite, dually enrolled in Medicaid, and disabled and younger than age sixty-five.
AB - In the period 2012-15, 1,364 fraud and abuse perpetrators (FAPs) treated over 1.2 million Medicare beneficiaries and received more than $630 million in Medicare payments. Compared to beneficiaries treated by non-FAPs, beneficiaries exposed to FAPs were more likely to be nonwhite, dually enrolled in Medicaid, and disabled and younger than age sixty-five.
KW - fraud, Medicare, vulnerable populations
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05149
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05149
M3 - Article
C2 - 31059371
AN - SCOPUS:85065642767
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 38
SP - 788
EP - 793
JO - Health affairs (Project Hope)
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
IS - 5
ER -