Read the news report “Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths.”Use the Five 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 Five 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.
