The following are suggested modifications to the Code of Federal Regulations of the USA (42 CFR part 93), which deals with the handling of research misconduct. These recommendations were made on October 31, 2022, in response to a Request for Information (RFI) by the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Secretary. […]
Category Archives: Fraud Investigation
In memoriam: The federal government should never leave whistleblowers to their own fates against much more powerful employers.
“In 1998, an Alaska Airlines mechanic named John Liotine, who worked in the Alaska Airlines maintenance center in Oakland, California, told the Federal Aviation Administration that supervisors were approving records of maintenance that they were not allowed to approve or that indicated work had been completed when, in fact, it had not.” (Wikipedia: Alaska Airlines […]
The $25,000 sore throat test: list price permissiveness as a possible racket
We can try to think about this sort of extreme healthcare list price tactic from the point of view of fraud and it’s deterrence …