26 Apr 2016
Professor Jonas Heese on Fraudulent Billing and Safety Net Hospitals
Why is there so much fraudulent billing? One thing to consider, says Professor Jonas Heese, is that some of it may be done to subsidize charitable care and regulators intentionally may be looking the other way. Professor Heese focuses on the political economy of regulatory enforcement of accounting standards in the United States. He has explored these ideas in the context of agencies that regulate the health-care industry.