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Assignment:
1. Which of the following form of fraud occurs when a doctor or health care professional bills Medicare/Medicaid for a service that was not provided?
A. unbundling
B. misrepresenting services
C. upcoding
D. phantom treatment
2. What category of crimes by health care providers does deceiving a medical board fall into?
A. fraud
B. general offending
C. medical malpractice
D. abuse
3. Why did Sutherland provide little discussion about doctors in his research into white-collar crime?
A. He considered most incidents involving doctors to be accidental in nature.
B. He classified most of the crime in the health care industry under insurance fraud.
C. He wanted to leave the regulating to the medical boards.
D. He believed doctors were more honest than other professionals.
4. Which of the following is an example of white-collar crime in the health care industry?
A. unprofessional acts during patient care
B. using medical equipment designed for one use only
C. drug use by a pharmacist
D. installing a camera to monitor a hospital waiting room