title: Healthcare in the cross hairs. California patient-dumping investigation unwinds into billing probe, fueling enforcers' national fraud-fighting efforts.
abstract: Fraud enforcers say the FBI's raid of three Southern California hospitals last week offered new evidence that aggressive measures are needed to battle abuse. Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, left, sees the case as emblematic. "Our healthcare system in America is broken--it's never been more clear to me that is the case," he said. "There's so much pressure ... to make profits".
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blesch
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D005607:Fraud; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*