Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

1. Medicare fraud and abuse costs the American taxpayers ___________ of dollars a year.

thousandsmillionsbillions

2. __________ is defined as making false statements or representation to obtain a benefit or payment.

 waste fraud abuse lying

3. Organized crime has infiltrated the Medicare program.

 True False

4. Examples of Medicare fraud include.

 A. Knowingly billing for services not performed B. Knowingly billing for supplies not furnished C. Knowingly altering claim forms to receive a higher reimbursement D. All of the above

5. A practice that directly or indirectly results in unnecessary costs to the Medicare Program is known as ___________.

wastefraudabuselying

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