Avoiding Medicare Fraud & Abuse: A Roadmap For Physicians

Most physicians strive to work ethically, provide high-quality
medical care to their patients, and submit proper claims for
payment. Trust is at the core of the physician-patient
relationship. The Federal Government also places enormous
trust in physicians. Medicare and other Federal health care
programs rely on physicians’ medical judgment to treat patients with appropriate services.
The Federal Government relies on physicians to submit accurate claims when requesting
payment for Medicare-covered health care items and services . . .