3 Article/Websites: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/health

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3 Article/Websites:

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/white_collar/health-care-fraud

https://www.fbi.gov/dallas/press-releases/2015/dallas-based-home-heath-company-owners-and-nurses-charged-for-roles-in-13.4-million-medicare-fraud-scheme

https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Fraud-Abuse-Products.pdf

Question: In a narrative format, discuss the key facts and critical issues in the FBI article, Rooting out Health Care Fraud is Central to the Well-Being of Both our Citizens and the Overall Economy and CMS Medicare Fraud & Abuse and Dallas-Based Home Health Company Owners and Nurses Charged for Roles in $13.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme.

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Healthcare is a noble profession and industry where people come with blind faith on the health care professionals that they would be better off after availing the health care service. Health care fraud is quite detrimental and end the customer's faith and trust completely. Rooting out health care fraud is central to the well being of the citizens and the economy:

Builds and maintain the trust and faith of the customers

Enable the citizens to maintain a healthy life.

Healthy Citizens can thus contribute to the growth of the economy.

Healthy citizens lead to healthy economy

Frauds lead to wastage of the resources of the economy

Government can invest in better well being of the society and contribute towards improving the condiction of the economy.

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