One example of health care fraud involves billing for more expensive services or procedures than were actually provided or performed. This practice is termed ______ and requires inflation of the patient's diagnosis code to a more serious condition consistent with the false procedure code.
A) ladder coding
B) trade coding
C) upcoding
D) step coding
Question 2
Which of the following statements concerning the authority of prison officials is true?
A) The authority of prison officials is unlimited.
B) The authority of prison officials is limited.
C) Prison officials have no authority per se, but must abide strictly by procedural guidelines.
D) The authority of prison officials is limited in state prisons, but unlimited in federal prisons
E) The authority of prison officials is limited in federal prisons, but unlimited in state prisons.
Patients should be encouraged to bring to their health care visit all the substances that they take,
Labeling of black cohosh: (b) back label with more health claims and FDA disclaimer
The proportion of men and women with elevated blood pressure or taking hypertension medication incre
The Increasing Cost of Health Care, 1960–2010
Single- and Double-Blind Procedures
Patient health history form.