Bellandi D, Hallam K
Mod Healthc. 1998 Mar 9;28(10):32-4, 36-7.
Government fraud fighters are becoming as great a threat to providers as Treasury Agent Eliot Ness once was to mobster Al Capone. Federal agencies are packing heat with the False Claims Act in their fight against healthcare fraud and abuse. Last year the government collected more than $1 billion in fines and settlements. And observers say, for providers, the worst is yet to come.
政府打击欺诈行为的人员对医疗服务提供商构成的威胁，正变得与当年财政部特工埃利奥特·内斯对黑帮分子阿尔·卡彭构成的威胁一样大。联邦机构在打击医疗欺诈和滥用行为的斗争中，正凭借《虚假索赔法》严阵以待。去年，政府收缴了超过10亿美元的罚款和和解款项。而且观察人士表示，对医疗服务提供商来说，最糟糕的情况还在后头。
