Jetson Leder-Luis
Biographic Data
| ID | 2303531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jetson Leder-Luis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jetson |
| FAMILY NAME | Leder-Luis |
| SIGNATURE | LEDER-LUIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University and NBER |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can Whistleblowers Root Out Public Expenditure Fraud? Evidence from Medicare
This paper analyzes private antifraud enforcement under the False Claims Act, which compensates whistleblowers for litigating against health care providers who overbill the US government. I conduct several case studies of successful whistleblower lawsuits concerning Medicare fraud, pairing new legal data with large samples of Medicare claims. I estimate that deterrence from $1.9 billion in whistleblower settlements generated Medicare cost savings…
Ambulance Taxis
We study the effectiveness of pay-and-chase lawsuits and upfront regulations for combating health care fraud. Between 2003 and 2017, Medicare spent $7.7 billion on 37.5 million regularly scheduled ambulance rides for patients traveling to and from dialysis facilities even though many did not satisfy Medicare's criteria for receiving reimbursements. Using an identification strategy based on the staggered timing of regulations and lawsuits across t…
Detecting Corruption
Detecting Corruption
Ambulance Taxis
We study the effectiveness of pay-and-chase lawsuits and upfront regulations for combating health care fraud. Between 2003 and 2017, Medicare spent $7.7 billion on 37.5 million regularly scheduled ambulance rides for patients traveling to and from dialysis facilities even though many did not satisfy Medicare's criteria for receiving reimbursements. Using an identification strategy based on the staggered timing of regulations and lawsuits across t…
Ambulance Taxis
We study the effectiveness of pay-and-chase lawsuits and upfront regulations for combating health care fraud. Between 2003 and 2017, Medicare spent $7.7 billion on 37.5 million regularly scheduled ambulance rides for patients traveling to and from dialysis facilities even though many did not satisfy Medicare's criteria for receiving reimbursements. Using an identification strategy based on the staggered timing of regulations and lawsuits across t…
Detecting Corruption
Can Whistleblowers Root Out Public Expenditure Fraud? Evidence from Medicare
This paper analyzes private antifraud enforcement under the False Claims Act, which compensates whistleblowers for litigating against health care providers who overbill the US government. I conduct several case studies of successful whistleblower lawsuits concerning Medicare fraud, pairing new legal data with large samples of Medicare claims. I estimate that deterrence from $1.9 billion in whistleblower settlements generated Medicare cost savings…
Business (3 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (1 work) · Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection (1 work) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (1 work) · Deterrence theory (1 work) · Development economics (1 work)