Table 8 Description of features chosen from the DMEPOS dataset
From: Big Data fraud detection using multiple medicare data sources
Feature | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
Referring_npi | Unique provider identification number | Categorical |
Referring_provider_type | Medical provider’s specialty (or practice) | Categorical |
Referring_provider_gender | Provider’s gender | Categorical |
Number_of_suppliers | Number of suppliers used by provider | Numerical |
Number_of_supplier_beneficiaries | Number of beneficiaries associated by the supplier | Numerical |
Number_of_supplier_claims | Number of claims submitted by a supplier from a referring order | Numerical |
Number_of_supplier_services | Number of services/products rendered by a supplier | Numerical |
Avg_supplier_submitted_charge | Average payment submitted by a supplier | Numerical |
Avg_supplier_medicare_pmt_amt | Average payment awarded to suppliers | Numerical |
Exclusion | Fraud labels from the LEIE dataset | Categorical |