title: Healthcare on trial. Kansas City conspiracy case could have broad impact on the industry's business practices.
abstract: Seven Kansas City hospital executives, physicians and lawyers are on trial for running an illegal patients-for-cash scam. But also on trial is the corporatization of healthcare, which began when the federal government changed the way Medicare and Medicaid pay providers for care.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008923:Missouri; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States