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- Title
IS JUSTICE "COLLAR-BLIND"?: PUNISHING MEDICAID PROVIDER FRAUD.
- Authors
Tillman, Robert; Pontell, Henry N.
- Abstract
The question of punishment of white-collar criminals is addressed in this paper through an examination of sanctions imposed on health care providers convicted of defrauding California's Medicaid ("Medi-Cal") system. Quantitative data were collected from Medi-Cal case files and, for comparative purposes, from a statewide data base maintained by the California Bureau of Criminal Statistics for grand theft arrestees. Qualitative data comprising interviews with Medi-Cal enforcement personnel supplement the analysis. The analysis of criminal sanctions reveals greater leniency in the punishment of Medi-Cal offenders than in the punishment of similarly charged non-white-collar offenders. The findings are related to recent debates regarding the severity of punishment for white-collar offenders.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; WHITE collar crimes; PUNISHMENT; LENIENCY (Law); MEDICAID fraud; CRIMINALS; HEALTH maintenance organizations; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); FRAUD laws
- Publication
Criminology, 1992, Vol 30, Issue 4, p547
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.1992.tb01116.x