The term
white-collar refers to the professional working class. The implication is that they can wear
white-collared shirts because their jobs do not involve manual labor and will not get dirty at
work.
White-collar crime refers to nonviolent crime committed by such
professionals.
There are many types of white-collar healthcare crimes. They
can involve doctors, patients, and frauds who present themselves as doctors. In one type of
fraud, a criminal organization will steal a medical provider's ID number and set up a fake
practice of their own. They then bill Medicaid for phony services and receive payments. There
are several victims in this type of crime: the doctor being impersonated, as he still has to pay
taxes on all the income he did not really receive as well as the entire Medicaid program,
because money is disbursed for no reason, no one is treated. This is a significant loss of the
funds meant to help the less fortunate receive care.
In another type of
healthcare fraud,...
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