How insurers are fighting back against health insurance fraud

In 2014, charged with 44 counts of insurance fraud and 41 counts of forgery for phoning in false prescriptions, a Harrison Township woman paid back an $8,600 loss suffered by Highmark and was sentenced to 23 months in prison. A year later, a Pittsburgh dentist, who filed fraudulent claims for services not rendered, was sentenced to three months ’ confinement and paid more than $64,000 in restitution, fines and court costs. A crime that depends on going undetected, health care insurance fraud is…
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