New healthcare fraud bill introduced in Congress
Perhaps sensing their vulnerability in being painted as soft on fraud, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a new healthcare...
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U.S. Senator calls for better coordination on health fraud
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) wrote to Chairmen Baucus (D-Mont.) and Harkin (D-Iowa) and Senator Dodd (D-Conn.) to urge them to...
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Texas crash reports soon may exclude phone numbers
In a blow to businesses that contact drivers after car wrecks, Texas law enforcement and transportation agencies have agreed to drop...
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Colorado bill would limit workers comp surveillance
The chief executive of Pinnacol Assurance contends that the interim committee hearings investigating the state workers’ compensation insurer were biased in...
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Anti-runner law goes into effect in Connecticut
Trial attorney Kathryn Emmett had heard a lot of ugly stories about how the system worked. People known as “runners” would...
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Tex. agencies debate phone numbers on crash reports
If you are in a car crash, would you be pleased to get a call at home offering to hook you...
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New fraud law in Texas headed to court next month
Recently enacted legislation that seeks to criminalize present day ambulance chasing is under attack by a small group of health professionals...
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Maine considers fraud unit
The debate over whether Maine needs an insurance fraud watchdog erupted anew in earnest Tuesday. A study group of stakeholders and...
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Will combating fraud in health care lead to rationing?
Truthfulness often is the first casualty of political warfare, and such casualties abound in the heath care reform slugfest. The latest...
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Anti-fraud reforms in health care are a good start, but…
The latest issue of BNA’s Health Care Fraud Report contains an opinion piece I wrote about the anti-fraud provisions in the...
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