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- Issue title, Healthcare Fraud. Issue description, Deliberate submittal of false claims to private health insurance and/or tax-funded health insurance programs such as Medicare or Medicaid. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, HIPAA. Issue description, Violation of protected health information privacy or security rules. Violation of the transaction and code sets rules. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, Insurance Issues. Issue description, Exclusion of insurance for preexisting conditions, discrimination or non treatment based on health status, non-renew ability of insurance based on health conditions. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, Patient Abuse/Physical or Verbal. Issue description, Intentionally causing harm to a patient or neglecting a patient who needs medical attention or assistance. Any language directed at a patient by an employee which would be offensive or language used to berate, belittle, or otherwise cause the patient to feel intimidated or threatened. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, Patient Care. Issue description, Failure of those responsible for patient care to properly attend to the every day needs of a patient. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, Patient Rights. Issue description, Failures of those responsible for patient care to allow a patient (s) to follow/complete his/her daily routine, i.e. bathing, watching television, smoking etc. Inadequate informed consent for treatment.Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, Research Misconduct. Issue description, Serious deviation from accepted practices such as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism, in proposing, carrying out research or in reporting the results of research; or material failure to comply with federal requirements for protection of researchers, human subjects, or the public or for insuring the welfare of laboratory animals. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
- Issue title, Sponsored Projects Non-Compliance. Issue description, Unallowable or questionable expenditures or cost transfers to government grants, contracts or other agreements. Any expenditure or cost transfers that may be in violation of OMB Circular A-21. Click, or press enter to select this issue.
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