Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of overbill.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word overbilling.

Examples

  • True, from a client's perspective, there may be some "overbilling" going on from time to time -- that is, taking too much time to accomplish a task -- but a lot of the SmartBiz article concerns outright fraud.

    For the Defense 2005

  • True, from a client's perspective, there may be some "overbilling" going on from time to time--that is, taking too much time to accomplish a task--but a lot of the SmartBiz article concerns outright fraud.

    For the Defense 2005

  • There was a surge of interest in bearish puts to sell both hospital companies' stock after Tenet on Monday accused Community Health of overbilling Medicare, a new defense in Tenet's effort to fend off a hostile takeover by its rival hospital operator.

    Tenet Suit Against Community Health Draws Bears Brendan Conway 2011

  • Yes .. a group founded by Rick Scott who founded the Columbia Hospital Corporation in 1987, but was ousted by the company's board of directors in 1997 in the midst of the nation's biggest health care fraud scandal involving the overbilling of Medicare, Medicaid and military health care programs for hundreds of millions of dollars.

    New six-figure CPR ad buy targets 14 senators 2009

  • Civilian contractors in Iraq have been under investigation for years for overbilling, underperforming, and all manner of mis-, mal- and non-feasance.

    Hanging with the Justices at the SOTU Mixer Al Kamen 2011

  • On Monday, Tenet went on the offensive by accusing Community Health of overbilling Medicare and likely other insurers for "hundreds of millions—if not billions—of dollars for unnecessary hospital admissions," the company said in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas.

    Tenet Files Suit in Takeover Fight Dinah Wisenberg Brin 2011

  • Tenet accuses Community Health in a recent federal lawsuit of overbilling Medicare by improperly admitting emergency-room patients who should have been observed on outpatient basis.

    Tenet Rejects Latest Community Health Bid Dinah Wisenberg Brin 2011

  • In a December 2004 consent decree, AT & T paid $500,000 and agreed to policies to prevent future overbilling, but it didn't admit wrongdoing.

    Justices Appear Skeptical in AT Jess Bravin 2011

  • New York City agreed to pay $70 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit that accused the city's personal-care services program of overbilling Medicaid for millions of dollars in reimbursements.

    $70 Million Medicaid Settlement Drew FitzGerald 2011

  • The case concerns AT & T's effort to block public disclosure of emails and other potentially embarrassing documents in Federal Communications Commission files on the telecommunications giant's alleged overbilling of the New London, Conn., public schools.

    Justices Appear Skeptical in AT Jess Bravin 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.