Examination of virtual worlds and their use by terrorists and criminals.

Medicare fraud is an important problem. Qualified Independent Contractors (QICs) and Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs)... More > perform audits to recover over-payments made to health care providers. The extrapolated refund demand is the result of an analysis of a statistically random sample of your client's claims. Coding analysis is used to determine a general error rate for claims submitted. This error rate is then extrapolated against the total universe of paid claims to create the final overpayment demand.

Forensic statistics can be used to expose errors made in the extrapolations leading to the overpayment demand. This document reviews 7 strategies to consider in order to get the best outcome possible for your client. < Less

When health care providers are faced with a Medicare Audit, they have a right to receive a complete understanding of the way... More > in which an overpayment demand is derived. This includes not only the analysis of various claims in the sample, but also the statistical method used to calculate the numbers. This document discusses this challenge and argues that basis rules of eDiscovery are relevant to a health care provider in protecting due process and their rights during an audit. < Less

Virtual Worlds are 3-D constructs that exist in cyber-space. Participants operate within these constructs in the form of... More > avatars. Although wirtual worlds appear at first to be merely games, in fact they can be used to carry out criminal conspiracies or terrorism. The book has the assistance of Akil Ar-Raqib is a researcher working in Beirut, Lebannon and Zurich, Switzerland. < Less

PENNSYLVANIA Eighth Student Edition.

Computer-related crime and Internet fraud. Includes Model Computer Crime Code and... More > relevant Federal Statutes. Cyber-crime, Child Pornography, Online Gambling, Slave Trade, e-Mail Scams, Identity Theft, Bank Fraud, Denial-of-Service Attacks, Hacking, Embezzlement, Terrorism, Solicitation, Piracy, Fake Credit Cards, Counterfeit Drugs, Online Voyuerism, Pfishing, Eavesdropping, Spam, Unprotected Speech, Hate Crimes, Pretexing, Spyware, Spoofing, Encryption, Computer Forensics, Homicide-by-Computer, Firewalls, Cyber Search-and-Seizure, Surveillance, Counterintelligence, Disaster Recovery, Bait-and-Switch, Social Networking, Child Predators, Massive Multiplayer Online Games, Virtual Reality, Invasion of Privacy, Lottery Scams, Auctions, Exploitation of Elderly Persons, Hate Groups, Spies, Criminals, Gangsters, Promoters, Confidence Men, Pyramid Schemes, Tax Evasion, Portals, "Winning" Lotteries, and P2P. New material on Augmented Reality, Virtual Worlds, and Cyber-Espionage. < Less

When health care providers are faced with a Medicare Audit, they have a right to receive a complete understanding of the way... More > in which an overpayment demand is derived. This includes not only the analysis of various claims in the sample, but also the statistical method used to calculate the numbers. This document discusses this challenge and argues that basis rules of eDiscovery are relevant to a health care provider in protecting due process and their rights during an audit. < Less

Medicare fraud is an important problem. Qualified Independent Contractors (QICs) and Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs)... More > perform audits to recover over-payments made to health care providers. The extrapolated refund demand is the result of an analysis of a statistically random sample of your client's claims. Coding analysis is used to determine a general error rate for claims submitted. This error rate is then extrapolated against the total universe of paid claims to create the final overpayment demand.

Forensic statistics can be used to expose errors made in the extrapolations leading to the overpayment demand. This document reviews 7 strategies to consider in order to get the best outcome possible for your client. < Less

Virtual Worlds are 3-D constructs that exist in cyber-space. Participants operate within these constructs in the form of... More > avatars. Although wirtual worlds appear at first to be merely games, in fact they can be used to carry out criminal conspiracies or terrorism. The book has the assistance of Akil Ar-Raqib is a researcher working in Beirut, Lebannon and Zurich, Switzerland. < Less

Examination of virtual worlds and their use by terrorists and criminals.

(Paperback Print) Chi Mak was a Chinese spy who for more than twenty years worked in the U.S. defense industry. He stole... More > vital national secrets about submarines including the Quiet Electric Drive and nuclear propulsion system. This book details the detection by the FBI of the Chi Mak spy ring, and its successful prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice.
ISBN: 978-0-615-25819-5
Library of Congress Control No: 2008909594
First Edition
Version: 1.00023 2008-DEC-02 < Less