title: Fraud and abuse enforcement trends. What's hot for physicians and physician practices.
abstract: The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has dramatically expanded the scope and frequency of physician fraud and abuse investigations. Further, OIG has increasingly extracted financial settlements and obtained sanctions against physicians. This article identifies seven areas of investigation that will be given highest priority.
authors.affiliation: Powell Goldstein LLP, Washington, D.C., USA. rfalk@pogolaw.com
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010820:Physicians; D020399:Practice Management / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States