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Abusive Care-Givers Description: Provides information about abuse by care-givers and contacts for help. (seniorhealth.about.com) |
AIDS Fraud Task Force Description: Advice and information on how to evaluate HIV products or treatments to prevent fraud. (fda.gov) |
Alternative Medicines Fraud Description: Information addressing alternative medicine therapies and cures regarding possible fraud. (seniorhealth.about.com) |
Arthritis Cures and Fraud Description: List of resources about fraud in drug advertising and information on how to address complains. (seniorhealth.about.com) |
Bally Total Fitness Description: Articles and discussion over the alleged abuses and scams of the Bally Total Fitness national gym chain. (aboutballyfitness.com) |
Bureau of Health Professions Description: Manages and provides access to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, and the Federal Credentialing Program. (bhpr.hrsa.gov) |
Complains on Nursing Facilities Description: Information on nursing home complaint procedures. (seniorhealth.about.com) |
DietFraud.com Description: Exposes diet fraud, rip-offs and scams and allows consumers to file complaints and even join class action lawsuits against companies that market fraudulent products and devices. (dietfraud.com) |
Federal Trade Commission Description: A list of online fact sheets on selected topics for which the Federal Trade Commission has had to address consumer complaints regarding fraud. Some are available in Spanish. (ftc.gov) |
File a Complaint Description: Better business bureau online accepts your complains and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. (bbbonline.org) |
Fraud and the Health Care System Description: The Clinton administration strikes back - an article about the anti-fraud imperative. (heartdisease.about.com) |
Fraudulent and Unsubstantiated Claims Description: Article about FTC's cracking down on bogus health web sites. (arthritis.about.com) |
Fraudulent Health Claims Description: Online brochure that helps spotting false and unsubstantiated claims. (mentalhealth.about.com) |
Fraudulent Health Claims Description: Tips on spotting false claims, some medical problems that attract health fraud schemes, dietary supplement precautions, how to report a possible fraud. (ftc.gov) |
GAO.gov Health Care Fraud Report Description: Information-sharing proposals to improve enforcement efforts on health care fraud cases. (securitymanagement.com) |
Health Care Fraud Report Description: Features a broad range of health care fraud and abuse issues in the private insurance industry, managed care organizations, federal and state programs. (bna.com) |
Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse Description: Policy and regulatory materials related to health care fraud and abuse. (hippo.findlaw.com) |
Health Watch UK Description: Information on how to spot fraudulent claims. Non-profit organization in the UK. (healthwatch-uk.org) |
HealthWatcher.net Description: Provides several recourses related to health fraud including books and articles. (healthwatcher.net) |
How to File Health Fraud Description: List of organizations that accept reports of health fraud cases. (chicago.about.com) |
Internet Healthcare Coalition Description: Articles and Tips on how to avoid becoming a health fraud victim. (ihealthcoalition.org) |
Medline Plus Description: Focuses on health fraud resources and tips on where to report fraud cases. Partially in Spanish. (nlm.nih.gov) |
Morgan Enterprises Description: Offers services for detecting pharmacy fraud, insurance fraud, and non-compliance. (morganent.com) |
National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association Description: Issue-based organization for the detection, investigation, and prosecution of health care fraud. (nhcaa.org) |
New Jersey AIDS Health Fraud Task Force Description: Identifies the promotion of an AIDS related health product, treatment or service that is known to be false, unproven, or potentially harmful. (state.nj.us) |
Protecting Yourself Against Health Fraud Description: An index of selected information gathered from various government agencies that addresses health fraud - includes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). (mentalhealth.about.com) |
Recognizing Fraud in Health Care Description: List of resources and links related to various kinds of health care fraud. (seniorhealth.about.com) |
Spine Society Issues Health Fraud Alert Description: The North American Spine Society has issued a special alert to all of its members regarding a cracking down on health fraud. (chiroweb.com) |
Switching Prescriptions Description: Provides advice about patients' rights related to doctors and health plans who engage in switching patient prescriptions to cut costs or earn rebates. (seniorhealth.about.com) |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Description: Includes information on how to protect yourself from dangerous and fraudulent online practices involving the sale of FDA-regulated products. (fda.gov) |