The Effect of Informative Letters on the Prescription & Receipt of

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Fraud and waste is estimated to cost the American health care system nearly $200 billion each year, and the public Medicare and Medicaid programs about $60 billion each year. This study will evaluate a new method for fighting fraud: mailing informative letters to outlier providers to notify them of their aberrant behavior. These letters are targeted at high prescribers of schedule II controlled substances in Medicare Part D. The investigators will look at the effects of these letters on the behavior of providers and their patients. These effects are of substantial policy interest as they suggest how to best design anti-fraud policies. They are also of academic interest, shedding light on the behavior of physicians and their patients.

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Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Delivery of Health Care
Economics
Fraud
Health Expenditures

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02345434
Study type	Interventional
Source	Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	August 2014
Completion date	August 2015

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The Effect of Informative Letters on the Prescription and Receipt of Schedule II Controlled Substances

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical Trial Description

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