Last year, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association reported that 52 of its member insurers collectively recovered or prevented payment of $503 million in 2003 as a direct result of their anti-fraud activities.
It is estimated that fraud and abuse are costing all of us as much as $100 billion each year, said a statement from William Mahon, executive director of the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association.
In addition, the letter includes information on membership initiatives to fight health care fraud as set forth by the major health care associations such as the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, American Medical Association and the Health Insurance Association of America.
LexisNexis(R), a leading provider of legal, news, business information and risk management services, announced today that corporate insurer members of the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA), as well as law enforcement and regulatory agencies, will benefit from advanced information and data access technology provided by LexisNexis, as a public service to the health care insurance industry.
The group shares information with insurance companies and third party administrators on doctors, hospitals and labs with suspicious activities, and works closely with local and state agencies, licensing boards, the FBI and the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association to bring defrauders to justice.
WASHINGTON -- Jacobson Executive Search successfully completed the nationwide search for an Executive Director for the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) with the placement of Louis "Lou" Saccoccio.
CHICAGO -- The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, NHCAA, retained Jacobson Executive Search, a Chicago-based national executive search firm serving the insurance, health care and financial services industries, to conduct their nationwide search for an Executive Director.
It specializes in helping clients regain misappropriated health care dollars through the following services: -- Anti Fraud and Abuse The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates that at least 3 percent of total claim expenditures are attributed to fraud and abuse, while the U.
