Root Causes Using 5 Whys

  Read Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths from the United States Attorney's Office. Use the 5 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 5 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).