There's no reason for the doctor to involve any patients, other than to write their names down. These are fraud factories submitting thousands of templated claims per year.
>There's no reason for the doctor to involve any patients, other than to write their names down.
...until the patient looks at his health insurance account and notices a charge that he doesn't recognize, or the insurance company decides to do a random audit of a claim.
Right, it's true that insurance companies investigating and denying claims is a major constraint on claims fraud. That's why Medicare and Medicaid still deny a lot of claims (although not so many as UHC) despite being publicly run.
...until the patient looks at his health insurance account and notices a charge that he doesn't recognize, or the insurance company decides to do a random audit of a claim.