Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. (Photo: Walden)
Members of the U.S. House voted Monday to pass a bill that could help private health insurers fight fraudulent claims.
The bill is H.R. 525, the “Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019″ bill.
The bill calls for the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set up a public-private anti-fraud partnership program.
Public-private partnership program details
The new partnership program would be open to federal health programs , state health programs, law enforcement agencies, private organizations that fight health care fraud, private health plans, and other entities.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
