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by 127001brewer 4900 days ago
Interestingly, the trimming of toe nails can be abused with "up-coding" as "minor surgery". When I worked with a group investigating Medicare/Medicaid fraud, this procedure was a commonly abused (with up-coding).

The point being is that fraud is a significant problem, but it's not easily solvable.