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fraud

Managed care The intentional misrepresentation or deception resulting in payment(s) for services not rendered or payment above that normally paid. See Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud Patient care Dishonest practice; breach of confidence. See AIDS fraud, Health fraud. Cf Misrepresentation.

fraud

(frawd)

An act of deliberate deception performed to acquire an unlawful benefit, such as the improper coding of health services in a claim for payment.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

fraud

(frawd)

An act of deliberate deception performed to acquire an unlawful benefit.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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Aviva saw a 9.5 per cent jump in the number of fraudulent claims it declined in 2016, fuelled by increases in fraud detection across motor bodily injury, household and liability claims.

Insurance fraud soaring, claims Aviva

The list, compiled by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) team based at City of London Police, aims to keep criminals from committing "12 frauds of Christmas."

Warning over 12 scams

FRAUD costs the UK over pounds 30bn every year and at least pounds 3.5bn of that is lost by individuals like your readers.

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MANAMA: With 43 percent believing fraud is a major problem and 60 percent maintaining it is set to increase in the region, a KPMG survey revealed that losses resulting from financial crime in the region are likely to run into the billions of dollars per annum given that respondents to the survey reported individual losses of some $100 million.

Financial frauds cost billions of dollars in losses: Poll

The survey indicates that frauds perpetrated by management and employees accounted for the bulk of incidents and that internal controls were partially effective in helping to detect fraud.

Financial fraud a major problem finds survey

Consumer frauds - A broad category including lottery/prize scams; rogue dialling and other communications-based frauds

How fraudsters are fleecing you of at least pounds 330 every year

We have to take control fraud (that is, fraud perpetrated by management) seriously--that means recording it when we detect it (the Justice Department does not keep statistics on control frauds) and conducting research to learn how to spot it before it causes catastrophic damage.

Worldwide: looters have a foothold: accounting fraud is the corporate criminals' weapon of choice

The committee should begin by acknowledging that fraud risks, including the risk of management override, exist in every entity.

Achilles' heel: management override of internal controls a weak link in fraud prevention

* "Quatloos!," at www.quatloos.com, presents information on an extensive assortment of scams and frauds, including tax protesters, off-shore scams and others.

Tax fraud and tax protesters

Fact.MR has announced the addition of the "Healthcare Fraud Detection Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking - Global Market Insights 2018 to 2028"report to their offering.

Healthcare Fraud Detection Market Precise Scenario Covering Trends, Opportunities and Growth Forecas

Summary: Fact.MR has announced the addition of the " Healthcare Fraud Detection Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking - Global Market Insights 2018 to 2028"report to their offering.

Healthcare Fraud Detection Market ,2018 to 2028 by Segmentation Based on Product, Application and Re

PwC has launched its survey, 2018 Middle East Economic Crime and Fraud Survey - Pulling fraud out of the shadows, which analyses feedback from organisations across the region on the issue of fraud and economic crime.