Potential of Hospital Fraud in the Indonesia National Health Insurance Era (A Descriptive Phenomenological Research)

Authors

  • Abu Khoiri1,2 , Widi Hidayat3 , Djazuly Chalidyanto4, Fendy Suhariadi5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i3.10527

Keywords:

fraud, hospital, health insurance.

Abstract

Results of the Public Research Anti Corruption Clearing House The Corruption Eradication Commission

submitted on December 2, 2016 that until mid-2015 there was a potential of 175,774 hospital claims of fraud

that had been detected with a value of Rp. 440 M. In 2016 found an indication of 1 million fictitious claims

from the hospital with a value of Rp. 2 trillion. The potential for fraud in hospitals in the era of National

Health Insurance (NHI) in Indonesia will have an impact on health financing inefficiencies and at the same

time a threat to the sustainability of the NHI program which is expected to reach Universal Health Coverage

in 2019. This phenomenological study aims to explore understanding and meaning of the concept of fraud

for parties who has had the potential to commit fraud at the hospital. The research method used qualitative

research with a Descriptive Phenomenology Research approach. The informants were officers who served

patients in administrative and medical matters and the hospital management was selected by purposive

sampling. The focus of the study was the experience felt by informants in running the NHI program and

how knowledge and attitudes of informants towards the phenomenon of fraud in hospitals. The results

achieved in this phenomenological research were in the form of a reflection of the implementation of NHI in

hospitals, especially relating to the phenomenon of potential fraud reflected in the knowledge and attitudes

of the hospital about fraud and a description of the occurrence of fraud in the hospital. This is the basis for

researchers to formulate indicators of potential fraud that still needs to be tested in a larger population.

Author Biography

  • Abu Khoiri1,2 , Widi Hidayat3 , Djazuly Chalidyanto4, Fendy Suhariadi5

    1 Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, 2Faculty of Public

    Health, University of Jember, Indonesia, 3 Faculty of Vocation, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia,

    4Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, 5Faculty of Psychology, Universitas,

    Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

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Published

2020-07-30

How to Cite

Potential of Hospital Fraud in the Indonesia National Health Insurance Era (A Descriptive Phenomenological Research). (2020). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 14(3), 1132-1136. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i3.10527