title: Avoiding charges of fraud and abuse: developing and implementing an effective compliance program.
abstract: During the last decade the federal government has made investigation of healthcare fraud and abuse a priority. Increasingly, nurses and skilled nursing organizations have been at the center of fraud and abuse cases. The authors examine data of sanctioned nurses obtained from the Office of the Inspector General. Nurses are most frequently sanctioned for license violations, drug convictions, and patient neglect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station 77843-1266, USA. jbolin@srph.tamushsc.edu
authors.forename: Jane Nelson
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bolin
authors.forename: Linda Sanders
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005607:Fraud / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D008318:Malpractice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States