New York Public Awareness Campaign
The Many Faces of Health Care Fraud
Young and old. Male and female. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters. All are potential victims of health care fraud.
Health care fraud costs us all an estimated $68 billion every year—and often manifests as medical identity theft. Many health care fraud victims have been subjected to unnecessary or unsafe medical procedures, while others have had their permanent medical records and legitimate insurance information compromised.
New Yorkers can take simple actions to protect themselves from health care fraud:
- Protect your health insurance card like your credit card. Never give out policy or insurance ID numbers to strangers.
- Read your policy and Explanation of Benefits (EOB) statements carefully.
- Beware of “free” offers. These offers are often fraud schemes designed to bill you and your insurance company for treatments you never received.
- Report fraud. Call your insurance company immediately if you suspect you may be a victim of health insurance fraud.
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National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association
1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1120
Washington, DC 20005
www.nhcaa.org
New York Health Plan Association Council
90 State Street, Suite 825
Albany, NY 12207-1717
www.nyhpa.org
AETNA, INC
To report fraud, call 1.800.338.6361
or e-mail: aetnasiu@aetna.com
AmeriChoice
To report fraud, call 1.877.401.9430
AMERIGROUP Community Care
To report fraud call 757.518.3633
or e-mail: corpinvest@amerigroupcorp.com
Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc.
To report fraud, call 1.800.280.6885
or e-mail: specialinvestigationsunit@cdphp.com
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
CIGNA
To report fraud, call 1.800.667.7145
or e-mail: specialinvestigations@cigna.com
Empire BlueCross BlueShield, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
To report fraud, call 1.800.IC.FRAUD (1.800.423.7283)
or e-mail: icfraud@empireblue.com
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, a not-for-profit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
To report fraud, call 1.877.800.0910
Rochester Region: 1.800.378.8024
Central NY Region: 1.800.219.8943
Utica Region: 1.800.925.9154
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
To report fraud, call 1.800.477.5908
Health Net, Inc.
1.800.747.0877
EmblemHealth (HIP/GHI)
To report fraud, call 1.877.TELL.HIP
HM Life Insurance Company of New York
(888) 842-5699.
Independent Health
1.800.655.1182
MetLife
To report fraud, call 1.800.462.6565
or e-mail: siuline@metlife.com
MetroPlus Health Plan
1-800-303-9626
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
402-351-8785 or 402-351-2671
MVP Health Care
To report fraud, call 1.877.TELL.MVP (1.877.835.5687)
Oxford Health Insurance, Inc.
To report fraud, call 1.800.915.1909
or visit https://www.oxhp.com/main/fraud.html
Oxford Health Insurance Plans, Inc.
To report fraud, call 1.800.915.1909
or visit https://www.oxhp.com/main/fraud.html
Oxford Health Plans (NY), Inc.
To report fraud, call 1.800.915.1909
or visit: https://www.oxhp.com/main/fraud.html
Preferred Care
To report fraud, call 1.877.835.5687
or visit http://www.preferredcare.org/aboutsite/report_fraud.html
Principal Financial Group
To report fraud, call 1.800.642.3788
UniCare, a Wellpoint Inc. company
United Concordia Companies, Inc.
To report fraud, call 1.877.968.7455
United HealthCare Insurance Company of New York
United Healthcare of New York, Inc.
Univera Community Health
To report fraud, call 1.800.378.8024
or e-mail us.
Univera Healthcare
To report fraud, call 1.800.378.8024
or e-mail us.
Vision Service Plan (VSP)
To report fraud, call 1.800.877.7236
or e-mail: contactSIU@VSP.com