Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2000

Source Publication

Healthcare Information Systems: Challenges of the New Millennium

Abstract

The chapter begins with an overview of the types of healthcare fraud. Next, there is a brief discussion of issues with the current fraud detection approaches. The chapter then develops information technology based approaches and illustrates how these technologies can improve current practice. Finally, there is a summary of the major findings and the implications for healthcare practice.

Comments

Published version. "An Intelligent Data Mining System to Detect Health Care Fraud," in Healthcare Information Systems: Challenges of the New Millennium. Eds. Adi Armoni. Hershey PA: IGI Global, 2000: 148-169. Permalink. © IGI Global. www.igi-global.com. Used with permission.