Search Tag: Fraud

IT Management

Managing-access-to-a-windows-network-for-healthcare-organisations

2019 08 Mar

The importance of getting access management right cannot be overstated. You need to make sure that anybody accessing your systems – and the data within – is exactly who they say they are.   This is especially important when dealing with  healthcare professionals  who have access to vast amounts of sensitive medical data. Most compliance...Read more

Health Management

Fraud-in-healthcare-a-worldwide-concern

2017 07 May

The Global Health Care Anti-fraud Network (GHCAN) promotes partnerships and communications between international organisations in order to reduce and eliminate healthcare fraud around the world. HealthManagement spoke to representatives, Simon Peck (UK), and Leigh McKenna (USA) to find out more.   What is the range and scope of healthcare...Read more

Executive Health Management

Using-analytics-to-root-out-fraud

2017 02 May

The Office of Inspector General at HHS is responsible for preserving the integrity of federal healthcare programmes. To help root out fraud and abuse in relation to these programmes, the OIG has increasingly relied on data analytics. With the use of analytics, investigators were able to uncover their biggest fraud scheme to date last year, charging...Read more