This costs tax payers billions of dollars each year, nearly $4.1 Billion in 2011 alone!
What is Health Care Fraud?
100
This protects people who report unethical or illegal behavior from retaliation or retribution.
What is the Whistle Bower's Act?
100
This is who you can call to report false documentation, or billing for visits that did not happen.
Who is the Compliance Officer?
100
You are committing this if you bill for a service that you did not perform.
What is fraud?
100
OMIG
What is the Office of Medicaid and Medicare Inspector General?
200
This is a set of guidelines that outlines ethical behavior for emplyees.
What is the Code of Conduct?
200
This makes it illegal for people to submit false statements or documentation in order to collect money from the government.
What is the False Claims Act?
200
This is who you call to report workplace harrassment, acts of discrimination or theft of your personal property.
Who is the Human Resource Manager?
200
It's a violation of the Compliance Policy to do this when you are aware of fraudulent activity.
What is nothing? (What is to not report it?)
200
PHI
What is Protected Health Information?
300
Because its right to set high ethical standards, and because it is mandatory for agencies receiving Medicaid.
Why do we have a Corporate Compliance Program?
300
Makes it a crime to improperly avoid the obligation to pay back money owed to the Government. It prohibits improper retention of overpayment, once discovered.
What is the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, or "FERA?"
300
This is who you call to report that you accidentally put a dent in a parked company car.
Who is your supervisor, and/or the Fleet Manager?
300
Receiving a large gift in exchange for referrals.
What is a kickback?
300
Giving this away would be a breech of security, and compromise protected health information.
What is a password to a database in Foothold Tech?
400
The obtaining of something of value through intentional misrepresentation or concealment of material facts.
What is Fraud
400
This is who you call if you are asked to falsify documents so that we look good at our next audit.
Who is the compliance officer?
400
CMS
What is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services?