A university-accredited qualification in healthcare fraud investigation is to be launched by the Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group ( HICFG).
The qualification, to be launched this year, will include all the standard fraud investigator training, as well as additional modules relevant to health . The HICFG is also extending its membership to include cash plan providers . The extension comes after recent concerns about fraud in cash plans.
All cash plan providers in the UK can have access to the group?s resources, including a database of known fraudsters, an on-line system which delivers real-time alerts about current frauds and a forum in which to share tradecraft and make enquiries for information from other companies.
HICFG chairman, Dr Simon Peck, said: “I am delighted to announce this development. We believe there is significant cross-over between the problems experienced by cash plan providers and those we see in private medical insurance and this is a great opportunity to pool our resources in a way which will benefit all of us.”
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