Healthcare fraud and abuse in spine surgery: a review of medicolegal actions brought by the United States federal government.
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- 10.3171/2025.10.spine25148
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- 2026 Feb 13
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- Journal of neurosurgery. Spine
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:10.3171/2025.10.spine25148,
title = {Healthcare fraud and abuse in spine surgery: a review of medicolegal actions brought by the United States federal government.},
author = {Zhang JK and Botterbush KS and Gerling J and Spence LE and O'Malley DS and Mercier P and Mahan MA and Dailey AT and Mazur MD and Mattei TA},
year = {2026},
journal = {Journal of neurosurgery. Spine},
doi = {10.3171/2025.10.spine25148},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.10.spine25148}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Healthcare fraud and abuse in spine surgery: a review of medicolegal actions brought by the United States federal government. AU - Zhang JK AU - Botterbush KS AU - Gerling J AU - Spence LE AU - O'Malley DS AU - Mercier P AU - Mahan MA AU - Dailey AT AU - Mazur MD AU - Mattei TA PY - 2026 JO - Journal of neurosurgery. Spine DO - 10.3171/2025.10.spine25148 UR - https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.10.spine25148 ER -
APA
JK, Z., KS, B., J, G., LE, S., DS, O., P, M., MA, M., AT, D., MD, M., & TA, M. (2026). Healthcare fraud and abuse in spine surgery: a review of medicolegal actions brought by the United States federal government.. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.10.spine25148
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-26T03:24:06.495Z