Root Cause Using 5 Whys

Assignment Content

1.    Read Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths from the United States Attorney's Office.
   
   
   Use the 5 Whys to conduct a root cause analysis to determine why the Medicare fraud occurred and Timothy Emeigh’s participation in the case.
   
   
   Write a 525- to 700-word paper that identifies and evaluates the root cause for Medicare fraud in this case.
   
   
   Include the following:
   
   • List each of the 5 Whys and your response.
   • Speculate as to why Mr. Emeigh participated in the scheme.
   • Explain what you might have done to prevent this from happening.
   • Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).
     
     
     Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.