Big Headlines Mean Big Trouble

Saturday, March 31, 2012
A few recent headlines have been a bit shocking - see A $200 Million Medicare Fraud all members, Dallas Doctor Arrested for Role in Nearly $375 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme and Health care fraud prosecutions on pace to rise 85%

For most managers of service provider organizations who are having trouble getting paid, the reporting on these massive frauds is a study in contrasts.

But the headlines are just the public reporting on a big policy problem – there is lots of "waste" in the U.S. health care system (see In U.S. Health Care System . . .