The use of fraudulent in this sentence means that the physician unjustifiably claims a particular accomplishment to the insurance company.
Explanation:
Fraudulent is an adjective with a negative charge. It could mean two things: Something obtain or done with deception. Or, as it is used in the sentence, claim something that is not true.
Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
