Fact Based List:

Top Trends in Health Care Fraud, Waste and Abuse

  1. The rise of organized crime in health care fraud
  2. Increased fraud vulnerabilities due to migration to EHRs and ICD-10
  3. Crackdown on improper payments, led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  4. The need for better patient information
  5. Increased medical identity theft

Source: LexisNexis
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