Rite of Passage Anthony Solin BSHS/342 June 10‚ 2010 Patti Williams‚ PHD In society‚ there is a transition that every youth will transition to adulthood and this transition period is commonly referred to as the rites of passage. This marks the period in which every female and adolescent males will go through. Rite of passage is a terminology that was enunciated by Arnold van Gennep who in his denotes rituals that some society takes part in to celebrate a youth transition into adulthood. Gennep
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Kathleen Sibelius announced “nationwide takedown” by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations‚ in eight cities that resulted in charges against 89 individuals‚ which included doctors‚ nurses and other licensed medical professionals‚ for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billings. In Chicago‚ seven individuals were charged‚ including two doctors‚ with a variety of health care fraud schemes. This (sixth) nationwide takedown targeted eight cities:
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1. Identify the fraud risk factors at Peregrine‚ especially control environment factors and the tone at the top‚ using the fraud triangle. The fraud risk factors could be identified as incentives/pressures‚ opportunities‚ and attitudes/rationalization in fraud triangle. According to the case‚ Peregrine’ control environment had an essential issue on separation of duties. In PFG‚ only Russell Wasendorf could open the real bank balance‚ which gave the opportunity to Wasendorf. Peregrine was suffer from
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Rite of passage from Hinduism Birth: Birth is one of the most significant events for Hindus. In some families‚ the father performs a ceremony immediately after the birth. He dips a gold pen into a jar of honey and writes the sacred Sanskrit symbol: “Om” onto the infant’s tongue. The symbol‚ which stands for truth‚ is written in hope that the child will be honest and speak only the truth‚ which is sweet as honey. After a little more than a week‚ the baby’s name is formally given. Usually the
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Coding Fraud Michael Anastasio Ultimate Medical Academy Before answering the questions “what are my responsibilities for billing on a procedure that was not performed but asked to do so anyway”‚ Let me explain a little on Medical Billing Fraud? It is an attempt to fraudulently obtain payments from insurance carriers. Fraud in medical billing cost tax payers and medical providers millions of dollars annually (all-things-medical-billing.com). In 1996‚ HIPPA established the Health Care Fraud and
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Numerous organizations‚ nowadays‚ use the rite of degradation as a means of control. Many deliberately worsen the situation when dissolving a removed employee¡¦s social identity and power in attempt to disseminate the importance of complying with organizational rules and culture. Nonetheless‚ this type of ceremony is often not an optimal solution to get rid of inappropriate behaviors. From what I have learned in the course‚ the rite of degradation is actually a beneficial ritual which is important
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Question 1: Name two cases in which companies have committed frauds by misstating inventory. Crazy Eddie and Goodner Brothers case are the good example for the inventory fraud cases. Question 2: What makes the intentional misstatement of inventory difficult to detect? When you have the most senior management of the company‚ particularly its financial management‚ consciously setting out to fool the auditors‚ to hide information from them‚ as they testified in the Monus trial‚ it’s very hard to
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Insurance Fraud A gang of Russian crooks ran a record-setting‚ $279 million fraud that exploited New York’s “no-fault” auto –accident law‚ authorities said 2/29/12. The gang worked with corrupt doctors to set up more than 100 phony medical clinics across the city. There‚ they generated fake bills for the treatment of “injuries” that “ranged from wild exaggerations to outright fabrications‚” Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said. The fraudsters took advantage of the “patient-friendly provisions”
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Rites of Passage When an individual experiences movement‚ or a change from an affixed position in society to another position‚ that individual can easily describe their change as a passage into a new realm of living. A new realm of living is the way in which the individual and society views‚ acknowledges‚ and proceeds with their life. Their changes are monumental not only for the individual‚ but for his/her society as well. Many changes take place during the span of a persons life. They become
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Crystal Castillo MLNG. 301 Dr. Drissi Oct. 2‚ 2012 Rite of Passage While many people may consider female and male circumcision as a mutilation‚ it is important to identify the distinction between the two. One of the most compelling reasons for the distinction between the two‚ is that some of the more extreme forms of female circumcision have very serious short-term and long-term health consequences; consequences that don’t arise for males who are circumcised. In this paper‚ the distinction
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