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BBB Tips - Health
Articles mainly warning about dangerous or questionable products and services related to health care or pharmaceuticals.
http://www.bbb.org/alerts/Health.asp
New Jersey AIDS Health Fraud Task Force
Identifies the promotion of an AIDS related health product, treatment or service that is known to be false, unproven, or potentially harmful.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/aids/fraud/
File a Complaint
Better business bureau online accepts your complains and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
http://www.bbbonline.org/consumer/complain...
Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse
Policy and regulatory materials related to health care fraud and abuse.
http://hippo.findlaw.com/hippofra.html
Pay It Right - Protecting Medicare from Fraud
Online booklet on how to identify and avoid fraudulent Medicare billing practices and how to report suspected fraudulent products and practices.
http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/...
GAO.gov Health Care Fraud Report
Information-sharing proposals to improve enforcement efforts on health care fraud cases.
http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/...
Fraudulent Health Claims
Tips on spotting false claims, some medical problems that attract health fraud schemes, dietary supplement precautions, how to report a possible fraud.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health...
Federal Trade Commission
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.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-health.htm
Protecting Yourself Against Health Fraud
U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition provides a guide to health care practices and products that may be fraudulent.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-fraud.htm...
AIDS Fraud Task Force
Advice and information on how to evaluate HIV products or treatments to prevent fraud.
http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/eval.html
Health Watch UK
Information on how to spot fraudulent claims. Non-profit organization in the UK.
http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/
Internet Healthcare Coalition
Articles and Tips on how to avoid becoming a health fraud victim.
http://www.ihealthcoalition.org
Bally Total Fitness
Articles and discussion over the alleged abuses and scams of the Bally Total Fitness national gym chain.
http://www.aboutballyfitness.com
Health Care Fraud Report
Features a broad range of health care fraud and abuse issues in the private insurance industry, managed care organizations, federal and state programs.
http://www.bna.com/products/health/hfra.ht...
Bureau of Health Professions
Manages and provides access to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, and the Federal Credentialing Program.
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/
DietFraud.com
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.
http://www.dietfraud.com
Medline Plus
Focuses on health fraud resources and tips on where to report fraud cases. Partially in Spanish.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthf...
HealthWatcher.net
Provides several recourses related to health fraud including books and articles.
http://www.healthwatcher.net
Recognizing Fraud in Health Care
List of resources and links related to various kinds of health care fraud.
http://seniorhealth.about.com/library/prev...
National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association
Issue-based organization for the detection, investigation, and prosecution of health care fraud.
http://www.nhcaa.org/
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