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  2. Insurance fraud - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, the Insurance Fraud Bureau estimates that the loss due to insurance fraud in the United Kingdom is about £1.5 billion ($3.08 billion), causing a 5% increase in insurance premiums. [11] The Insurance Bureau of Canada estimates that personal injury fraud in Canada costs about C$500 million annually. [12]

  3. Change Healthcare Cyberattack: What Consumers Should Know - WebMD

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    Change Healthcare, part of Optum and owned by UnitedHealth Group, processes about half of medical claims in the U.S. for about 900,000 doctors, 118,000 dentists, 33,000 pharmacies, 5,500 hospitals ...

  4. UnitedHealth's cyberattack should be a 'wake-up call' for ...

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    The US Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced Tuesday it would help doctors and hospitals find alternate claims processing platforms in order to help reboot the flow of business ...

  5. Thibodaux healthcare worker expected to plead guilty to fraud ...

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    The filing states that Barrilleaux defrauded health insurance companies of $6,087,758, of which he was paid $4,592,650. This fraud, prosecutors said, took place from June 2008 through March 2024.

  6. UnitedHealth paid ransom in Change Healthcare cyberattack ...

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    Change Healthcare offers payment and revenue cycle management tools. The company facilitates more than 15 billion transactions annually, and 1 in every 3 patient records passes through its systems.

  7. UnitedHealth Group - Wikipedia

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    UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational health insurance and services company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.Selling insurance products under UnitedHealthcare, and health care services and care delivery aided by technology and data under Optum, it is the world's eleventh-largest company by revenue and the largest health care company by revenue.

  8. Health care fraud - Wikipedia

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    Under federal law, health care fraud in the United States is defined, and made illegal, primarily by the health care fraud statute in 18 U.S.C. § 1347 states [4] (a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—. (1) to defraud a financial institution; or. (2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses ...

  9. Medicare Abuse: What You Need to Know About Medicare Fraud

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    Call 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) to report suspected Medicare abuse or fraud. Medicare abuse, or Medicare fraud, is a type of healthcare fraud that affects people enrolled in Medicare. The most ...