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Feds fight uphill battle in fraud crackdown

Law enforcement officials estimate that fraud drives up to 10 percent of Medicare's annual spending, but recovering that money and preventing more losses can be a David-and-Goliath fight, according to reports in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Healthcare fraud alert: 7 Trends to watch

At the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association's Annual Training Conference in Orlando, Fla, Jennifer Trussell, special advisor with the Office of Investigations at the Office of Inspector General outlined seven fraud trends that government and private health insurers must keep an eye on.

Report: UnitedHealth's Medicaid fraud oversight inadequate

A UnitedHealth subsidiary operating in New Jersey failed to properly prevent fraud from the state's Medicaid program, according to a report from the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller.