Report Health Insurance Fraud to Fulfill Your Loss

Oct. 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Health insurance fraud is not an unknown word. Several times, media reports come with such scams and fraud notifications. When a person uses personal and health information of someone else just to increase the value of coverage and aid benefits then it comes under scam or medical insurance fraud. Insurance fraud has also noticed in the selling of non existing health policies or through fake medical tests to increase coverage. Such frauds results into millions of unpaid debts every year. There are several ways to report such frauds.

Instructions to Report Such Fraud in Right Way:

•   Contact health insurance Provider Company to find report filing forms. Majority of companies provide such forms on their parent site.
•   Explain in details about the type of health insurance fraud that has occurred. It may be related with the payment of services that were not performed or suspicion of some policy holder using an expired health card or enrolling for unnecessary tests.
•   If you suspect someone is submitting health claims with fraud under your insurance policy then call the number listed in health insurance identification card.
•   Keep copy of all medical claims such as bills, test results, prescription records and other statements. These things are required as evidence in the report.
•   Find insurance regulator office in your state. Each state has own regulations for committing private health insurance fraud. This will help to restructure your reports. You can find information online for state offices.
•   Office of inspector general for Medicare fraud is also responsible to restructure health care fraud claim. You can report there to evaluate the claim and to find if your claim falls under proper jurisdiction.

Avoid Health Insurance Fraud:

•   While providing your personal information, make sure that you are talking to an official health care provider. Keep our information safe and avoid sharing that with anyone who come or surveys etc.
•   Visit BBB (better business bureau) to get information and resources related to current health insurance(http://www.privatehealthinsurance247.co.uk/) activity. You should be careful about prescription drug scams.

These are some important things to be considered to avoid health insurance scams.