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Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice

No. 114: Electronic medicare fraud: current and future risks

Russell G. Smith
ISBN 0 642 24108 2 ; ISSN 0817-8542
May 1999

Abstract

The Health Insurance Commission makes considerable use of computers in carrying out the claiming and payment operations related to Medicare. This paper examines the nature and extent of current forms of fraud and inappropriate practice in relation to Medicare. Smith discusses whether future technological developments will make matters better or worse.

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