Published on in Vol 22, No 9 (2020): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/18623, first published .
Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Conceptualization and Prototyping Study of a Blockchain Antifraud Framework

Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Conceptualization and Prototyping Study of a Blockchain Antifraud Framework

Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Conceptualization and Prototyping Study of a Blockchain Antifraud Framework

Tim Ken Mackey   1, 2, 3, 4 * , MAS, PhD ;   Ken Miyachi   2, 5, 6 * , BS ;   Danny Fung   2 , BS ;   Samson Qian   2 , BS ;   James Short   2 , PhD

1 UC San Diego - School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, La Jolla, CA, United States

2 San Diego Supercomputer Center, BlockLAB, La Jolla, CA, United States

3 Global Health Policy and Data Institute, San Diego, CA, United States

4 UC San Diego - Extension, Department of Healthcare Research and Policy, La Jolla, CA, United States

5 LedgerSafe Corporation, San Diego, CA, United States

6 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, San Diego, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Tim Ken Mackey, MAS, PhD
  • UC San Diego - School of Medicine
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
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  • La Jolla, CA, 92037
  • United States
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  • Email: tmackey@ucsd.edu