The Global Summit is an initiative of the following partnering organisations: NHCAA (USA), CHCAA (Canada), HICFG (UK), EHFCN and HFMU (South Africa).
The 2012 Global Summit is jointly organised by EHFCN and HICFG.
Our aim
to improve European healthcare systems by reducing losses to fraud and corruption.
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Making it easier for the police to seek evidence in other EU countries
The police would get better and faster support from their counterparts in other EU countries, for example when asking them to conduct house searches or interview witnesses, under a proposed European Investigation Order endorsed by the Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday. The new rules would set deadlines for gathering the evidence requested and limit the grounds for refusing such requests.
Read moreUSA: 107 medical professional involved.
A Medicare fraud crackdown on 107 medical professionals by US authorities on Wednesday is the most expensive single healthcare fraud case in US history.
Jordan
A Jordanian doctor has been arrested, because of selling smuggled and counterfeit medicines, the Jordan Food and Drug Administration has found.
The doctor was selling mainly sexual enhancers and psychotropic drugs in his own apartment.
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"Workshop on Analytics" 14 JUNE Brussels
-Learn how analytics help prevent and detect fraud.
-Listen to SAS-customer and EHFCN members' cases
-Discuss, share and network
Fraud and corruption in the healthcare sector
5.59%
of national healthcare budgets are estimated to be lost to fraud
Annual healthcare spending across the 27 countries of the European Union totals approximately one trillion Euros.
Recent figures estimate that at least €150 million are lost every day to healthcare fraud and corruption in the European Union.
Fraud and corruption activities can take place in any healthcare systems, whether they are predominantly public or private, well funded or poorly funded, and in any area of healthcare delivery. Read more
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