Spying legislation used to identify welfare and insurance fraud
Spying legislation designed to tackle terrorism has been used hundreds of times to identify welfare and insurance fraud in Northern Ireland...
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Law would ban hospitals and doctors from ‘balance billing’ emergency patients
If you suffer a medical emergency, you need to get to the emergency room fast. But several Get Gephardt investigations have...
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Kentucky bill would block comp claims five years after leaving work
A proposal to update Kentucky’s workers’ compensation program for the first time in about two decades makes changes sought by insurers...
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Nevada AG backs bill stiffening penalties for staging crashes
Insurance fraud rings that stage traffic crashes to shake down drivers have drawn the attention of the Nevada attorney general’s office....
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Controversial provisions removed from drug abuse bill
A bill intended to combat Georgia’s epidemic of prescription opioid abuse created a flurry of controversy Thursday because one provision would...
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Office of the Superintendent of Insurance announces introduction of legislation to shield consumers from surprise medical Bblls
New Mexico’s Superintendent of Insurance, John G. Franchini, announced today that legislation was introduced helping to protect New Mexico consumers from...
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Arizona bill would ban referral fees paid by sober-living homes
A Prescott lawmaker wants to make it illegal for sober-living homes and similar day-treatment centers to pay people for referrals, a...
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Bill would place workers-comp scams in Ill. criminal code
A bill that’s part of a 12-bill package in the Illinois Senate would amend the Illinois Criminal Code of 2012 to...
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Medicare Secondary Payer False Claims Act Update
Lately, there has been an increase in Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) False Claims Act (FCA) litigation in Federal courts. Below is...
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House panel in Virginia OKs bills targeting opioid crisis
A House committee has approved seven bills aimed at fighting the opioid crisis in Virginia. The legislation would limit the prescription...
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