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EHFCN calls for the creation of a real anti-fraud and anti-corruption culture within the healthcare systems among service providers, healthcare suppliers, healthcare payers, healthcare users and ultimately among all European citizens. Its awareness campaign, which may range from one day to one week or one month, is organised simultaneously by EHFCN and its member organisations. The activities aim at raising awareness of the problem of healthcare fraud and corruption across Europe. It has been decided to take the "International Anti-Corruption Day", which occurs every year on 9th December, as the starting day for the campaign.
The aims of the EHFCN Awareness Campaign are to:
- promote awareness of healthcare fraud and corruption issues
- make it clear that healthcare fraud and corruption will not be tolerated
- demonstrate that action is being taken
- deter those who commit healthcare fraud and corruption by promoting an anti-fraud and anti-corruption culture
- develop awareness systems to counter healthcare fraud and corruption
Benefits of raising awareness
By creating an anti-fraud and anti-corruption culture and a deterrent effect, organisations are able to reduce losses to fraud and corruption to ensure that resources are spent on patient care.
How can you take part in the EHFCN Awareness Campaign?
Whatever your resources, whether you are a small or large organisation, there are many ways for you to participate. Activities can be a day, a week or the entire month. You may of course already have some idea of how you will raise awareness in your arena, but here are some possibilities:
Specialist staff from your organisation could:
- conduct awareness presentations to key personnel
- hold promotional events at healthcare premises and distribute information and promotional items
- meet with healthcare staff and members of the public in healthcare bodies to discuss what fraud and corruption in healthcare is and how to report any suspicions.
Utilise the media to raise awareness through:
- national and local press
- articles in specialist magazines
- radio/ television interviews in regard to the work being undertaken to counter healthcare fraud and corruption by your organisation, in your country and across Europe.
Other communications could include:
- information about healthcare fraud and corruption i.e. on your website, intranet and extranet
- Circulate messages to your own staff through your own internal communications, such as; newsletters, Intranet, email/ letters, messages on pay slips or insurance renewal letters and meetings
- Circulate messages to healthcare representative groups within your own country, this could be through; your normal communications with them, meetings, newsletters, extranet, through external publications or letters and emails
- To the general public through advertising in the local and national media and placing posters around healthcare related premises
How will EHFCN help you?
- We will provide coordinated assistance between all member organisations taking part in the campaign.
- Issue a press release to all news agencies in Europe including information about the awareness activities taking place in the countries and organisations of our members
- The Executive Committee will be available on request to conduct presentations or interviews on behalf of EHFCN members
Promotional material will be available to help you promote healthcare fraud and corruption awareness within your own country, including:
- An information leaflet about healthcare fraud and corruption in Europe
- Posters