2 2009-12-30T11:54:54-07:00 <p>Consumers can make a huge impact on Health Care Fraud. Melinda Beck of the Wall street Journal, discusses ways that consumers can join the fight&#8230;</p> 131 Crackdown, medicare fraud consumers are unwitting vehicles for bogus charges. Health-care officials urge to be vigilant about the goods services charged to Medicare and insurers on their behalf. crackdown-medicarefraud true http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204456604574202183282412334.html?mod=googlenews_wsj 2010-01-29T11:58:44-07:00

2 2009-12-30T11:48:57-07:00 <p>At the 2009 Insurance Fraud Management Conference (sponsored by <span class="caps">ISO</span> and the National Insurance Crime Bureau), one key speaker identified medical schemes as the single most significant fraud issue facing the property/casualty industry this year&#8230;</p> 121 property, casualty, p&C At the 2009 Insurance Fraud Management Conference, one speaker named medical schemes as the most significant fraud facing the property/casualty industry. controlling-p&c-fraud true http://www.iso.com/Research-and-Analyses/ISO-Review/Controlling-Medical-Fraud-in-Health-and-Property/Casualty-Insurance.html 2010-01-14T16:50:21-07:00

2 2009-12-30T11:32:07-07:00 <p>In the health policy arena, information technology is seen as a panacea to improve efficiency, reduce repeat testing, and save billions. Barbara Kram with Dotmed News reports.</p> 101 electronic records, identity theft In the health policy arena, I.T. improves efficiency, reduces repeat testing, and saves billions. Its potential may lie in helping to uncover fraud. monitoring-identitytheft true http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/8192/ 2010-02-02T10:25:39-07:00

2 2009-12-30T11:27:41-07:00 <p>Other than landfills, hospitals and health professionals rate as some of the most highly scrutinized organizations and businesses in the United States. Even as lead-based paint on children&#8217;s toys, un-inspected airplanes and tainted peanut products were negatively&#8230;</p> 91 fraud, errors, billing, payment Other than landfills, hospitals and health professionals rate as some of the most highly scrutinized organizations and businesses in the U.S. fraud-errors-billing-payments true http://www.tribune-democrat.com/business/local_story_066235644.html 2010-01-14T17:05:34-07:00

2 2009-12-30T11:15:22-07:00 <p>Fraud control programs can save you time and money. In this article, Tracey Walker of Managed Health Care Executive, looks at the affects of fraud and abuse, on your bottom line&#8230;</p> 71 Fraud, Abuse, Overpayment, costs Fraud, abuse and overpayment increases claims costs up to 10%, if addressed with a comprehensive fraud control program, money returned to the bottom line. fraud-bottomline true http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/mhe/Statistics/Fraud-control-benefits-bottom-line/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/557635?searchString=fraud%20control%20benefits%20the%20bottom%20line 2010-01-29T12:00:13-07:00

2 2009-12-30T11:03:06-07:00 <p>Preventing fraud, abuse and overpayments is an increasing challenge for payers. The complexity of the healthcare system’s billing procedures and frequent code and rules updates presents vulnerabilities and provides many opportunities for billing mistakes&#8230;</p> 41 Fraud, Identifying Preventing fraud/abuse/overpayment is a challenge. The complexity of billing procedures and frequent code/rule updates provides opportunities for mistakes identifying-fraud true http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=5C3A9C2C9BEA4C64A8FBE7A26919CD52 2010-01-14T16:13:12-07:00