Privatizing Law Enforcement: The Economics of Whistleblowing

Congratulations to Professor Jetson Leder-Luis, Assistant Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, on his appointment as Senior Advisor for Healthcare Fraud at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services! Read here:

Whistleblowers are a highly cost-effective way at stopping fraud in public programs. In the September issue, "Can Whistleblowers Root Out Public Expenditure Fraud? Evidence from Medicare" by Jetson Leder-Luis @jetson_econ

A study of the consequences of revolving door laws for political selection in US state legislatures, from @rfisman, @jetson_econ, Catherine M. O'Donnell, and @silviavannutell https://t.co/hDL2ajM1CS

***New paper*** @jetson_econ & I have an NBER WP on economics of healthcare fraud. In it, we provide - An economic definition of fraud - Explain 3 main categories of fraud - Distinguish fraud from malpractice - Offer a model of why fraud occurs - Examine trends in prosecutions

Healthcare frauds can have different economic consequences depending on the type of conduct; modeling these behaviors and framing a growing academic literature, from @jetson_econ and @anup_malani https://t.co/APglHPqG1A

The @DOGE should look into this…

@AlecStapp Wow

@DOGE Fantastic episode of Odd Lots from @TheStalwart & @tracyalloway:

This stat always blows my mind

NEW ODD LOTS: How fraudsters bilk the government out of billions of dollars. And what it takes to catch them. @tracyalloway and I had an amazing chat with @jetson_econ on the exact mechanics of Medicare (and other) fraud. And techniques for detecting it.

Forthcoming in the AER: "Dying or Lying? For-Profit Hospices and End of Life Care" by Jonathan Gruber, David H. Howard, Jetson Leder-Luis, and Theodore L. Caputi.

This week on Complex Systems I’m joined by Jetson Leder-Luis, a professor specializing in detecting (and fortifying against) frauds against the government. https://t.co/get08IgaqH

Unemployment insurance fraud cost billions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and identity verification was an effective way of combating it, from @UmangKhetan, @jetson_econ, @jialanw, and @YunrongZhou https://t.co/viMoWM7syD

⁦@MIT⁩ professor and ⁦@nberpubs⁩ President Jim Poterba with many of his 88 PhD advisees! He is a legend for combining intellectual brilliance with genuine kindness. We were all so fortunate to have him as our adviser.

Call for applications, Mentoring Program on Aging and Health Economics Research led by @dsebastiantello and @jetson_econ. Mentees will participate in a day-long workshop at the NBER’s offices in Cambridge, MA, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Submit applications by 11:59pm EST on March

Whistleblowers are a highly cost-effective way at stopping fraud in public programs. Just Accepted new paper, "Can Whistleblowers Root Out Public Expenditure Fraud? Evidence from Medicare" by Jetson Leder-Luis @jetson_econ

Using unsupervised machine learning on massive Medicare claims data to identify providers that engage in various forms of health care miscoding or overbilling, from Shubhranshu Shekhar, Jetson Leder-Luis, and Leman Akoglu https://t.co/U6KvlkNrWt

Government audits are most effective in middle state capacity environments, where there is both abuse to detect but also the ability to enforce sanctions, from Martina Cuneo, Jetson Leder-Luis, and @silviavannutell https://t.co/QcFGV90go6

Great overview of how fraud plagues government spending by @jetson_econ, who's doing really exciting work on the topic @BUQuestrom — Trillions in infrastructure spending could mean hundreds of billions in fraud https://t.co/vSXkTU6VIX via @ConversationUS