When it comes to fighting fraud, healthcare providers are way behind insurers and need to invest in technologies and strategies to catch up, says Rebecca Busch, president and CEO at Medical Business Associates.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans saved or recovered 47 percent more money last year as a result of three key anti-fraud strategies, says G. Calvin Sneed, one of the leaders of the effort.
The significance of these arrests, according to industry analysts: They point to organized crime, and they suggest that its leadership may be shifting.
Faced with a batch of bad publicity about healthcare information security, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an effort to help polish its image.
The nation's 39 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans saved or recovered 47 percent more money last year as a result of three key anti-fraud strategies, a leader of the effort says.
The American Medical Association and two other physician associations have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule to doctors.
The government's Medicare anti-fraud efforts resulted in the recovery of $2.51 billion in fiscal 2009, up 29 percent from the previous year, according to a new report.
Whitehouse Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt used wit to share his wisdom about healthcare information security in a rambling, folksy keynote address this week. He stressed that healthcare organizations of all sizes need to take security more seriously.
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