Waiver Alerts are described as which category?

• A. Fraud Alerts
• B. Safe Harbor
• C. Zone Program Integrity Contractors - ZPIC
• D. Waiver Alerts

Answer: (A)

Fraud alerts are used to flag potentially deceptive billing practices, such as improper waivers of patient cost-sharing or services not properly authorized. When a waiver is used inappropriately, it can shift costs or mask the true charge, which signals possible intentional misbilling or fraud. Safe Harbor provisions describe approved arrangements that protect certain behaviors from being treated as fraud under the anti-kickback framework; they’re about permissible practices, not indicators of fraudulent activity. ZPICs are enforcement entities that investigate and recover improper payments, not classifications of alert types. So Waiver Alerts are categorized as Fraud Alerts because they point to potential intentional deception in billing rather than legitimate arrangements or enforcement actions.