This category is about health insurance fraud. Health care fraud may be committed when a provider or consumer intentionally submits, or helps or urges someone else to submit, false or misleading information for use in determining the amount of health care benefits payable.
Recommended Resources
Civitas is a non-profit organization which promotes environmental and human health by exposing health care fraud, and harmful practices and policies pertaining to unscientific experiments.
http://web.linkny.com/~civitas/
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is a non-profit organization working to control health insurance costs, and to stop health insurance fraud.
http://www.insurancefraud.org/
HCCA, Health Care Compliance Association, is a non-profit organization which provides information about the laws and regulations in place to combat health care fraud and abuse.
http://www.hcca-info.org/
Web site provides information on health care fraud, and how it can be disguised by health care providers, as well as health care billing services.
http://www.hcf.com.au/fraud.asp
Web site provides information for individuals at all levels reporting health care fraud claims; with details about the Whistleblower Protection Act.
http://www.fraudusa.com/
The Health Watcher web site provides several recourses related to health fraud, including informative newsletters, guides, books and articles.
http://www.healthwatcher.net/
NCAHF, the National Council Against Health Fraud, is a non-profit organization which actively pursues those who provide health misinformation, fraudulent billing, etc.
http://www.ncahf.org/
NHCAA, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, is a non-profit organization for the detection, investigation, and prosecution of health care fraud.
http://www.nhcaa.org/
Protecting Yourself Against Health Fraud
The web site for the Food and Drug Administration provides a guide to health care practices and products available in the USA which may be fraudulent.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/
QuackWatch is a non-profit organization which provides a consumer guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decision making on traditional and alternative medicine.
http://www.quackwatch.org/
Recognizing Fraud in Health Care
Web site provides information and other resources for recognizing fraud in health care, and the various kinds of health care fraud, especially in senior health.
http://seniorhealth.about.com/library/prevention/blfraudintro.htm
