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Media Office

Welcome to the EHFCN Media Office. Press releases, facts and figures and other information are available by clicking the links below.

For all further media enquiries, please contact:
Anne Pierson, EHFCN Office
Tel: +322-7397982
enquiries@ehfcn.org


Facts and figures


Press Releases

Conference calls for improved cooperation in fighting fraud and corruption in healthcare and social security

Representatives from the healthcare and social security sectors are meeting in Krakow on 6-7 October to share experience and best practice related to the fight against fraud and corruption in these sectors. The conference, which expects 140 participants from both sectors and from 15 European countries, is organised by the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN).

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Communiqué on the Occasion of Getting the EHFCN Excellency Award 2011

Serbian NGO Doctors against corruption wins annual EHFCN Excellencey award in Krakow, Poland.
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Serbian organisation “Doctors against Corruption” and French Dr Pierre Fender, Director at CNAMTS, awarded for their continuous fight against healthcare fraud and corruption

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) announced that their two 2011 Excellence Awards will be conferred to the Serbian organisation Doctors Against Corruption, and to Dr Pierre Fender, Director of dispute settlement and the fight against fraud at the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAMTS). The awards will be given at EHFCN's Annual Conference in Cracow, Poland on 6th October 2011. Read more
 

Everyone pays for healthcare fraud: EHFCN launches awareness campaign

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) launches its awareness campaign 2011 today, joining the International Fraud Awareness Month initiative..

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EHFCN Conference calls upon cooperation between member states to reduce healthcare fraud and corruption

Healthcare fraud and corruption does not know any borders, it was reminded at the EHFCN Annual Conference which took place in Brussels these last two days (28-29 September) and it is high time to act against...

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2010 EHFCN Awards to be conferred to NHSScotland Counter Fraud Services and to Dr Bernard Hepp, Medical Director General of the RIZIV-INAMI (Belgium)

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) announced that their 2010 Excellence Awards will be conferred to the National Health Service Scotland (NHSS) Counter Fraud Services (CFS), and to Dr Bernard Hepp...

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EHFCN Conference will seek solutions to reduce fraud and corruption in healthcare

The real cost of fraud and corruption in healthcare: How to reduce i? It is the main theme that will be discussed during the 7th European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN)'s Annual Conference...

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'Financial Cost of Healthcare Fraud' Report

‘The Financial Cost of Healthcare Fraud' Report provides the world's first ever data on the real cost of fraud (and error) in healthcare organisations.

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Launch of EHFCN Awareness campaign

56 billlon Euros lost to healthcare fraud and corruption

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EHFCN Conference calls upon stronger cooperation between member states to tackle healthcare fraud and corruption

Around 100 delegates from 16 countries representing Ministries of Health, sickness funds, healthcare providers and other parties committed today at the EHFCN's Annual Conference...

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Tackling 100-billion-euro health fraudsters

Scotland's “particularly innovative” approach to tackling healthcare fraud has been praised at a major international conference...

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EHFCN signs Memorandum of Understanding with Canadian and American Anti-Fraud Healthcare associations

Effort aims to create an international network in order to combat healthcare fraud and corruption. 

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EHFCN launches new website

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) announced today the launch of its new website – www.ehfcn.org.

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Everyone pays for healthcare fraud: EHFCN launches awareness campaign

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN) launches its awareness campaign 2011 today, joining the International Fraud Awareness Month initiative...

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Media articles

Fraud for 270 million euro

Le secteur de la santé publique est lui aussi très exposé à la fraude Read more
 

Paul Vincke in the Serbian daily newspaper Alo

"As long as the problem of corruption is not solved, Serbia cannot become a member of the European Union", said Paul Vincke yesterday, president of the European Healthcare Fraud & Corruption Network (EHFCN).

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EHFCN mentioned in the World Health Report

This year's World Health Report gives governments practical guidance on ways to finace healthcare. EHFCN provides data on how much money of National Healthcare budgets is estimated to be lost to fraud.

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Interview of Paul Vincke, President EHFCN to "Observer"; article in Hungarian

Paul Vincke the president of the EHFCN attended on a SAS conference in Budapest a month ago, where he gave an interview for a Hungarian paper...

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Paul Vincke in the Portuguese National Radiostation, Antena 1

Cláudia Almeida interviews Paul Vincke, President of  European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network.

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Healthcare fraud costing EU €56bn a year

€56 billion is lost to healthcare fraud each year in the EU, but experts say conflicts of interest in the pharmaceutical sector mean that the true extent of expenditure being directed away from patients remains unknown...

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Interview of Paul Vincke, President EHFCN, to "Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift"; article in German

An interview with Paul Vincke published in the German learned journal DMW (Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift).

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Paul Vincke in weekly magazine Trends

Weekly magazine Trends interviews EHFCN Paul Vincke and follow-ups about the impact of the article.

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Cooperation is the key to combating fraud and corruption in health tourism

Caroline Ratner talked to Paul Vincke, President of the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network. The recent EHFCN Annual Conference in Edinburgh was themed on the subject of “Health tourism – A gateway to fraud and corruption?”.

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Countries must tackle fraud and corruption in health tourism

100 delegates from 16 countries representing ministries of health, sickness funds, healthcare providers and other parties committed at the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network...

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Northern Ireland: Health fraud unit claws back £1.4million in dodgy claims

Anti-Fraud probes into professionals in the family health services field recouped almost £1.5m in Northern Ireland in a single year, it has been revealed. 

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