Prescription for Profit: How Doctors Defraud Medicaid

by Henry N. Pontell, Gilbert Geis, Paul Jesilow

Book Overview

In this explosive expos of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis uncover the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state, and private officials and extensive investigation of case files, they tell the stories of doctors who profit from abortions on women who aren't pregnant, of needless surgery, overcharging for services, and excessive testing. How can doctors, recipients of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520076141
• ISBN13: 9780520076143
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"