EHRs have been widely adopted nationally thanks in large part to the HITECH Act of 2009. OIG says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have not yet put into place a plan to fight fraud related to electronic health records. EHR technology can be used to commit fraud by upcoding, or exaggerating, the kind of care providers give patients, as well as cloning or “copy-pasting” digital records to submit falsely documented bills. HHS did not immediately respond to an Information Security Media Group request for comment.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/report-hhs-needs-bolder-steps-to-prevent-ehr-related-fraud-a-9979