Identity Resolution Daily Links 2010-08-17
By the Infoglide Team
“Medicare fraud and billing errors costs the government more than $36 billion last year, the Economist noted. The modus operandi involves a “care-provider” billing Medicare for non-existent or unnecessary services. These services and items include: HIV/AIDS medicines and therapy; medical equipment such as wheelchairs to neck and knee braces, as well as home health care, physical and occupational therapy and mental-health services.”
CBCnews: Crime proceeds crackdown looms
“Another method used by organized crime is to pay a 10 per cent premium for winning lottery tickets or to buy jewelry in Canada worth tens of thousands of dollars and sell it in the U.S., achieving money laundering and foreign exchange conversion at the same time.”
San Antonio Express-News: Police ‘fusion center’ on the way for S.A.
“Each center can have an individual purpose, McManus said. The South Texas center will have two branches: one working on homeland security, bolstered by a new San Antonio Police Department Terrorism Criminal Intelligence Division, the other a 24-hour tactical operations center for ‘all crimes and all hazards as they occur in San Antonio and the region.’”
Washington State Wire: Will a ‘September Surprise’ Derail Workers’ Comp Initiative?
“Schurke said a fraud-prevention effort launched in 2005 has increased collections dramatically. Collections due to L&I investigations have increased 40 percent, to $770 million. The department has invested in advanced computer technology that should make it easier to track down employers who are not reporting fully. The systems will make it possible to compare 20 state and federal databases, including the IRS.”
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