EHFCN Sponsorship Programme

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) is the only European organisation dedicated to combating fraud and corruption in the healthcare sector across Europe. Its aim is to improve European healthcare systems by reducing losses to fraud and corruption.

Annual healthcare spending across the European Union totals approximately one trillion Euros. It is estimated that between 30 and 100 billion Euros are lost every year to healthcare fraud and corruption. EHFCN's primary objective is to reduce these unacceptable losses in order to help bring back money to healthcare services for the benefit of every patient.

EHFCN provides information, tools, training and assistance in fighting fraud and corruption as well as a platform for its members to exchange information and ideas. The Network also aims to collaborate with European and international bodies who have an influence on healthcare in Europe, such as the European Union, Council of Europe, the World Health Organisation, etc.

EHFCN is a non-profit organisation financed through subscription fees. Its members are healthcare and counter fraud organisations in Europe.

EHFCN Corporate Sponsor

A Corporate Sponsor is any trust, foundation, company or industrial group that gives a financial contribution to support the fight against healthcare fraud and corruption, thereby playing a valuable role to reach EHFCN's aim.

Corporate Sponsors' activities are in line with the mission and ethos of EHFCN. They are admitted as such by the EHFCN Executive Committee and pay an annual sponsorship fee.

Corporate Sponsors may also contribute their time, expertise and resources if they engage on a joint project / activity with EHFCN.  

EHFCN Code for Corporate Sponsorship

Corporate sponsorship is subject to the following key principles:

• A sponsor must not influence the content or scheduling of a project / activity in such a way as to affect the independence and responsibility of EHFCN.

• We regret that pharmaceutical companies will not be allowed to EHFCN Corporate Sponsorship.

Corporate Sponsor Categories

EHFCN has two categories of corporate sponsorship:

GOLD Corporate Sponsor

GOLD Corporate Sponsors provide unrestricted sponsorship of € 8,000 / year and commit for an initial period of three years. This period may then be extended yearly by mutual consent.

Corporate Sponsors who have paid an unrestricted sponsorship of € 8,000 per year for three years automatically become GOLD Corporate Sponsors after this period as long as they renew their sponsorship yearly thereafter.  

In return for his commitment to support the work of EHFCN, the Gold Corporate Sponsor will receive high visibility and a range of benefits as listed below.

SILVER Corporate Sponsor

SILVER Corporate Sponsors provide an annual unrestricted sponsorship of € 4,000.

In return for his commitment to support the work of EHFCN, the Silver Corporate Sponsor will receive high visibility and a range of benefits as listed below.   

Corporate Sponsor recognition

The GOLD Corporate Sponsor will be recognised as follows:

• High visibility for the Gold Corporate Sponsor on the EHFCN website:

• • Logo on EHFCN homepage with hyperlink to EHFCN Corporate Sponsors page

  • An overview of the company on the EHFCN Corporate Sponsors page and a hyperlink to their own website;

• Acknowledgement on EHFCN publications and literature such as EHFCN newsletter, Annual Conference Programme and others as suitable;

• Permission to promote sponsorship of EHFCN in the GOLD Corporate Sponsor's own publicity and literature, including the use of EHFCN logo;

• Permission to publish one article annually in the EHFCN Newsletter published every two months;

• Access to one set of printed EHFCN membership labels

• EHFCN Annual Conference package:

• • One full-page free advertisement in the Annual Conference Programme;

  • One free registration at EHFCN Annual Conference;

  • Opportunity to make a 15-minute presentation at the AC (presentations limited to four per conference; GOLD sponsors will be given priority, on a first come first served basis);

  • Opportunity to have a stand at the EHFCN Annual Conference at an additional fee of €1000;

• One registration at 50% rate at EHFCN Seminars.

 

The SILVER Corporate Sponsor will be recognised as follows:

• High visibility for the SILVER Corporate Sponsor on the EHFCN website:

• • Logo on EHFCN homepage with hyperlink to EHFCN SILVER Corporate Sponsors' page

  • An overview of the company on the EHFCN Corporate Sponsors' page and a hyperlink to their own website;

• Acknowledgement on EHFCN publications and literature such as EHFCN newsletter, Annual Conference Programme and others as suitable;

• Permission to promote sponsorship of EHFCN in the SILVER Corporate Sponsor's own publicity and literature, including the use of EHFCN logo;

• One free advertisement annually in the EHFCN Newsletter published every two months;

• EHFCN Annual Conference package:

• • One half-page free advertisement in the Annual Conference Programme;

  • One registration at EHFCN Annual Conference at 50% rate;

  • Opportunity to have a stand at the EHFCN Annual Conference at an additional fee of €2000;

• One registration at 50% rate at EHFCN Seminars.

Corporate Sponsorship of activities and/or projects

In addition to Corporate Sponsorship, entities are allowed to sponsor specific activities and/or projects submitted by EHFCN to the Corporate Sponsor or by the Corporate Sponsors themselves to the EHFCN Executive Committee. These activities will be of course related to the fight against healthcare fraud and corruption.

• Sponsorship of activities and/or projects will only be open to entities who are already SiLVER or GOLD Corporate Sponsors, with priority given to GOLD Corporate Sponsors for similar projects received at the same time;

• Activities and projects are open to joint sponsorship, in agreement with the various sponsors.

• Corporate Sponsors may contribute their time, expertise and resources if they engage on a joint project / activity with EHFCN. 

Activities and projects can be manifold; examples include:

• Joint partnership in undertaking fraud detection in a particular country,

• Joint partnership in undertaking a risk measurement exercise,   

These activities will be conducted for the benefit of both EHFCN and the Corporate Sponsors. For the Corporate Sponsors, joint partnership may be the opportunity to better understand healthcare related fraud issues in a European context and to network with member organisations directly involved in these issues and interested to better detect and fight against fraud and corruption, such as Ministries of Health, sickness funds, etc.

For EHFCN, joint partnership with Corporate Sponsors may be the opportunity to get knowledge and understanding about new strategies or technologies that can help prevent, detect, measure or redress fraud and corruption in healthcare affairs, to share the knowledge and understanding with its members and to have access to experts in these domains      

Contact

If you are interested in supporting EHFCN as a Corporate Sponsor, please contact Anne Pierson, Head of the EHFCN office at anne.pierson@ehfcn.org