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2. Insurance fraud - Wikipedia

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   According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, health insurance fraud depletes taxpayer-funded programs like Medicare, and may victimize patients in the hands of certain doctors. Some scams involve double-billing by doctors who charge insurers for treatments that never occurred, and surgeons who perform unnecessary surgery.

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

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   Sources. A month after the cyberattack on Change Healthcare -- a technology company handling 15 billion transactions annually and touching 1 in 3 patient records -- doctors, pharmacists, and ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Medicare fraud - Wikipedia

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   Medicare fraud. In the United States, Medicare fraud is the claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled. There are many different types of Medicare fraud, all of which have the same goal: to collect money from the Medicare program illegitimately. [1]

7. Health Insurance Appeals and Complaints: Who to Talk ... - WebMD

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   If you get your health insurance through your job, it’s also a good idea to discuss your concerns with your human resources department. Or you can contact the U.S. Department of Labor’s ...