The General Accounting Office estimates healthcare fraud costs the US Government between $60 billion to $600 billion per year. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates that the financial losses due to healthcare fraud are in the tens of billions of dollars each year. A conservative estimate is 3% of total healthcare expenditures, while some government and law enforcement agencies place the loss as high as 10% of our annual health outlay, which could mean more than $300 billion.
We have all heard of healthcare fraud, but did you ever wonder how it works? How do these fraud schemes work, and how much do they cost individuals, insurance companies, and taxpayers? This session by industry expert Dr. Robert K. Minniti, DBA, CPA, CFE, Cr.FA, CVA, MAFF, CFF, CGMA, PI, is designed to review various types of healthcare fraud. Examples of actual fraud cases will be provided so participants can understand how these frauds are being committed and how they were uncovered. Dr. Robert will discuss how new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, make healthcare fraud easier to commit. He will also review various methodologies for preventing
This course would be appropriate for CFOs, CEOs, business owners, business managers, internal auditors, external auditors, corporate accountants, government accountants, CPAs, CMA, CIAs, MAFFs, CFFs, CGMAs, and healthcare risk management personnel.
Dr. Minniti is the President and Owner of Minniti CPA, LLC. Dr. Minniti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and is a licensed private investigator in the state of Arizona. Dr. Minniti received his doctoral degree in business administration from Walden University, received his MBA degree and Graduate Certificate in Accounting from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management, and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Minniti taught graduate and undergraduate courses in forensic accounting at DeVry University, Grand Canyon University, Kaplan University, Northwestern University, and the University of Phoenix. He designed graduate and undergraduate courses for Grand Canyon University, Northwestern University, and Anthem College. He is a writer and public speaker. He has experience in forensic accounting, fraud examinations, financial audits, internal audits, compliance audits, real estate valuations, business valuations, internal control development, business continuation planning, risk management, cyber security, privacy laws, data security, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance work and business consulting. Dr. Minniti is currently serving as a committee member on the Arizona State Board of Accountancy's Law Review Advisory Committee.