title: Fraud and abuse trends for 2006: what's hot for physicians and physician practices.
abstract: Federal and State Governments will have new tools and new mandates to ferret out fraud and abuse in federal health care programs. This article describes new legislative, regulatory, and investigative trends in the fraud and abuse arena that are likely to affect physicians and physician groups.
authors.affiliation: Powell Goldstein LLPs, Washington, DC, USA. adaily@pogolaw.com
authors.forename: Auburn K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Daily
authors.forename: Sidney P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000639:trends*; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States