Diane Vaughan reconstructs the Ohio Revco case, an example of Medicaid provider fraud in which a large drugstore chain initiated a computer-generated double billing scheme that cost the state and federal government half a million dollars in Medicaid funds, funds that the company believed were rightfully theirs. Her analysis of this incident—why the crime was committed, how it was detected, and how the case was built—provides a fascinating inside look at computer crime. Vaughan concludes that organizational misconduct could be decreased by less regulation and more sensitive bureaucratic response.
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Diane Vaughan is associate professor of sociology at Boston College.
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This work is not only great because of the topic. It also shows how one sociologist deals with roadblocks when trying to do research. The people and companies the author dealt with treated her like she was a reporter instead of a sociologist (people weren't sure what a sociologist was), and grad students in the field would do well to read this book.
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An alert pharmacist in an Ohio Revco Drug Store noticed that a neighborhood podiatrist had been prescribing large quantities of narcotics and tranquilizers-medications that appeared to be outside the scope of podiatry practice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
legitimate economic order, system interface problem, unlawful organizational behavior, organizational illegality, social control network, criminal prosecution powers, authority leakage, false prescriptions, organizational misconduct, social control agencies, provider fraud, social control organizations, pharmacy board, false billings, interorganizational analysis, symbiotic interdependence, competitive interdependence, unlawful behavior, organizational deviance, peripheral organizations, prescription claims, prescription numbers, drug retailers, edit system, collegial exchange Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Economic Crime Unit, Ohio Department of Public Welfare, Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, Division of Data Services, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio Revised Code, State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Diane Vaughan, New York Stock Exchange New!
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An alert pharmacist in an Ohio Revco Drug Store noticed that a neighborhood podiatrist had been prescribing large quantities of narcotics and tranquilizers-medications that appeared to be outside the scope of podiatry practice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
legitimate economic order, system interface problem, unlawful organizational behavior, organizational illegality, social control network, criminal prosecution powers, authority leakage, false prescriptions, organizational misconduct, social control agencies, provider fraud, social control organizations, pharmacy board, false billings, interorganizational analysis, symbiotic interdependence, competitive interdependence, unlawful behavior, organizational deviance, peripheral organizations, prescription claims, prescription numbers, drug retailers, edit system, collegial exchange Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Economic Crime Unit, Ohio Department of Public Welfare, Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, Division of Data Services, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio Revised Code, State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Diane Vaughan, New York Stock Exchange New!
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- Social Structure and Anomie (Reprint Series in Social Sciences) by Robert K. Merton on 4 pages
- White-Collar Crime: Theory and Research (SAGE Criminal Justice System Annuals) by Gilbert Geis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- What Is a Case?: Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry by Charles C. Ragin on page 201
- Research in the sociology of organizations by Samuel B. Bacharach on page 68
- State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) by Raymond J. Michalowski in Back Matter
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