False Claims Act and Health Care Fraud : An Overview.

Addresses increasing use of the Federal False Claims Act (FCA) of 1843 for fraudulent health care claims, and reviews H.R. 3523 and S. 2007, both the Health Care Claims Guidance Act, to amend the FCA to provide that no action may be brought under the FCA based on a health care claim "unless the...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1998.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Claims. Fraud. Actions and defenses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Addresses increasing use of the Federal False Claims Act (FCA) of 1843 for fraudulent health care claims, and reviews H.R. 3523 and S. 2007, both the Health Care Claims Guidance Act, to amend the FCA to provide that no action may be brought under the FCA based on a health care claim "unless the amount of damages is a material amount."
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.