08.12.10
By Mike Betron, Infoglide Software Director of Marketing Of the various types of crime involving fraud, individual cases of people scamming workers’ compensation garner the most publicity. The stories typically read like this: “Joe Blow was drawing workers’ comp while working as a personal trainer, and after he was caught on video, he had to [...]
06.17.10
By Mike Betron, Infoglide Software Director of Marketing A recent video story on KING5 in Seattle highlighted the aggressive efforts state agencies take to ferret out employment fraud. This particular story highlights an agency’s success in identifying and prosecuting unlicensed contractors. Such willingness to work around licensing regulations can also signal a cavalier attitude about [...]
03.17.10
By Infoglide Software CEO Mike Shultz A recent post on McClatchy’s blog attributes growing insurance fraud to the recession: A recent survey of 37 state insurance-fraud bureaus by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud found that the recession “appears to have had a significant impact on the incidence of fraud” last year. On average, the bureaus [...]
08.28.07
Poor Humana Insurance Co. In their 4Q earning report from 2006, the company stated that “Medical membership grew 4.2 million in 2006 to 11.3 million.” Unfortunately, this year Humana broke the law by using unlicensed agents to sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans to Oklahoma seniors and was fined a hefty $500,000: “Humana spokesman [...]