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A psychiatrist bills for 10 hours of psychotherapy and medication checks for a deceased woman. Has he committed fraud or abuse? Why? Can the deceased woman’s estate press charges if the bills were sent to Medicare, and not to the family?
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If a psychiatrist bills for psychotherapy and medication checks for a dead woman, then
the psychiatrist has committed fraud. According to Buchbinder (2012), fraud is an intentional act
of deception. This...
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