This suit and it's award make me wonder why we do not have "fake employees" at the insurance firms and HMOs? Make sense? In view of all the recent legal awards and court cases, why not. Doctors have to deal with "fake patients" so why not "fake employees" at the insurance and payer level? The US prides itself on checks and balances, so this might be a good time to perhaps think about this? Granted it's a longer process and more than likely would fall under the area of a law enforcement sting type of operation, but if we are looking for transparency all throughout healthcare, is this a good place to examine? This is not meant to take anything away from this story but it could certainly encourage others to do the same if the system is being misused, although the number of whistle blower cases is mounting quickly in all areas,...
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