Last year proved to be one of enormous success for NHCAA, confirming once again that the Association provides our members, partners, and the industry as a whole with a range of effective resources to improve and strengthen the fight against health care fraud.

The Fiscal Year 2012 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program Report to Congress was recently published. The national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) was established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Program is carried out jointly at the direction of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Inspector General.

Senators issue report compiling ideas from 160+ organizations (including NHCAA) on preventing and combating health care fraud, waste and abuse.

Working on an interesting case? Uncover an emerging scheme? Share an abstract to present at NHCAA's 2013 Annual Training Conference, November 18-21 in Orlando, Florida. Deadline for submission is March 20.

NHCAA In the News, 2012