Fraud and abuse abstract rising costs of healthcare is a valid concern for many households in america a factor in the cost of healthcare insurance is fraud fraud is often very difficult to detect the magnitude of healthcare fraud is unknown initial reimbursement and payment and billing timeframe of 90 days allows for fast payment of services however many times before there is an . The war on controlling fraud and abuse in the current us healthcare system introduction healthcare fraud and abuse has become a major issue for the united states healthcare system and affect many the citizens the national health care anti fraud association nhcaa estimates that the financial losses due to health care fraud are in the tens of billions of dollars each year in 2011 227 . Healthcare fraud and abuse a grave problem that needs attention trillions of dollars are spent on health insurance claims with billions of them being processed every year a small part of these include fraudulent claims which account for a high value an estimation from the national health care anti fraud association nhcaa states that there are financial losses of several billion dollars . Download here http newbookcomreadingpdfcom book1594912211healthcare fraud and abuse introduction 25 users free books. Introduction fraud and abuse in the us healthcare system is a serious problem health care fraud and abuse is a national problem that affects all of us either directly or indirectly national estimates project that billions of dollars are lost to health care fraud and abuse on an annual basis these losses lead to increased health care costs and potential increased costs for coverage