Identity Resolution Daily Links 2008-11-07
By the Infoglide Team
Risk&Insurance: Public, private sectors muscling up for fight against comp fraud
“Mention workers’ compensation fraud and images of videographers lurking in the bushes to catch some schemer in the act of peeling off his neck brace for a game of tennis might spring to mind. That scenario outlines what is commonly known as claimant fraud.”
City Journal: How to Stop Medicaid Fraud
“For more than a decade, Medicaid has been the fastest-growing item on many state budgets. Unfortunately, state and federal efforts to uncover and stamp out the astonishing amount of fraud in the program (whose costs the states split with Washington) have lagged. Experts estimate that abuses of Medicaid eat up at least 10 percent of the program’s total cost nationwide—a waste of $30 billion a year.”
DMReview: Why Master Data Management Is Such a Challenge?
“MDM will never be easy. No amount of technology will make it a turnkey operation. There is no single approach that will work for all - or even for most. By nature, MDM needs to be highly customized to the needs of your organization.”
SmartBrief: DHS to phase in Secure Flight program in early 2009
“As the program is phased in early next year, airlines will be required to collect additional information about their passengers — including gender and birth date — while DHS, rather than the airlines, will be responsible for matching the data against terrorist watch lists.”
Daily Insurer: California Man Nabbed in Work Comp Scheme
“Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten announced that Norman Anderson (DOB 10/10/46), of Ventura, was sentenced to serve two years in the California Department of Corrections following his felony conviction of workers’ compensation fraud. Anderson was also ordered to pay $97,425 in restitution to the victim, Signal Mutual Indemnity Association.”
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