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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Medical Billing and Insurance Fraud
Insurance fraud is defined as any act committed with the intent to fraudulently obtain payment from an insurer. A big chunk of the total claims received by insurers are fraudulent claims that run into billions of dollars annually. Health Insurance fraud is today a very serious problem and a great challenge, as it has proved to be very costly to America's health-care system.
It is now evident that our Public healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are especially conducive to fraudulent activities, as they are often run on a fee-for-service structure.
Dishonest Physicians and healthcare providers are also known to engage in fraudulent activities that include,
- Up-coding/Upgrading (Billing for more than actual service provided)
- Providing and subsequently billing for treatments that are not medically necessary
- Scheduling extra visits for patients
- Referring patients to another physician unnecessarily
- Billing for services to accompanying family members
- Ordering unnecessary tests
With newer and better coding systems and techniques in place and new policies and vigorous plans being made to revive the ailing US health industry, let us hope that the future will bring better reforms with lesser frauds, and provide efficient and effective health insurance for the entire population in this country.
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is a US based medical transcription company that offers outsourcing solutions in medical billing, medical coding and medical transcription services to clients in the US States and outside.Labels: medical billing frauds, Medical Coding, medical insurance billing, medical insurance frauds, Medicare frauds
posted by Outsource Strategies International @ 10:57 PM
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