Eight Miami-Area Residents Charged in Medicare Fraud Scheme
B. Using the information from both the link and the additional article you selected, compose a written paper that addresses the questions below, with respect to the case you selected.
a. Briefly summarize the case, including the charges and outcome. (5 points)
b. What were the legal and ethical issues that arose related to this case? Include a list of relevant laws that applied to this case. (4 points)
c. Do you feel the financial penalties or other consequences are appropriate for the situation? Explain why or why not, and what you feel should have happened. (4 points)
d. In a home health fraud situation, who do you feel should be responsible for detecting and reporting fraud? If you worked for the company discussed in the article, would you report it? Should it be up to the patients? (4 points)
e. Do the new whistleblower laws adequately protect those who report fraud? Why or why not? (2 points)
f. In the case you selected, what compliance issues, if any, were violated? How could they have been avoided?
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