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24 Defendants Charged in Health Care Billing Scams

24 Defendants Charged in Health Care Billing Scams that Defrauded Insurers, Medicare and Medicaid Out of Millions of Dollars in New York. http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/October11/smirnovkaplankaykovhcfarrestspr.pdf

Lunacy in Colorado

Colorado legislators are considering whether to make it harder for workers comp insurers to use video surveillance to ferret out suspicious injury claims. Legislators on an interim committee are looking into the state’s largest comp insurer, contending Pinnacol Assurance’s anti-fraud video surveillance was excessive. Pinnacol says its surveillance is legal and often is the key Lunacy in Colorado

Victory for PA Work Comp Insurers Use of Surveillance

DAUPHIN COUNTY REPORTS 121 Tagouma v. Investigative Consultant Services, Inc., et al. Torts — Invasion of Privacy — Intrusion upon Seclusion — Expectation of Privacy — Abuse of Process. Plaintiff was videotaped by a private investigator who had been hired to investigate the validity of his workers’ compensation claim for an alleged work-related injury. He Victory for PA Work Comp Insurers Use of Surveillance

UK Insurance Fraud Skyrockets

Insurance fraud is now estimated to cost insurers £5.2million every day, according to a report published by the Association of British Insurers. But the figures released by ABI show that insurers are now fighting back against fraudulent claims with £730million of frauds being detected and prevented last year, which is a 30 per cent increase UK Insurance Fraud Skyrockets