The National Insurance Crime Bureau announced the establishment of a second major medical fraud task force in Florida to counter the increase and spread of medical fraud in the state, according to an NICB news release.
The Central Florida Major Medical Fraud Task Force, located in Tampa, will focus its investigative resources in metropolitan Tampa, St. Petersburg and Orlando, including the beach communities located throughout Florida.
The new task force will work with one of the original major medical fraud task force operations, which was established in Weston, Fla., in 2002. Together, these two units will focus on medical fraud perpetrated against NICB member insurance companies.
The Tampa unit is the sixth NICB major medical fraud task force established in the past eight years. Others are in California, New York, Texas and metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Read the NICB news release about Central Florida's MMFTF.
Read other coverage on healthcare fraud in Florida:
- Manager of Florida ASCs Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Facilities
- Florida Licensed Practical Nurse Admits to Falsifying Patient Information, Conspiring With Others
- Florida Clinic Employee Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Information in Medicare Fraud Scheme
The Central Florida Major Medical Fraud Task Force, located in Tampa, will focus its investigative resources in metropolitan Tampa, St. Petersburg and Orlando, including the beach communities located throughout Florida.
The new task force will work with one of the original major medical fraud task force operations, which was established in Weston, Fla., in 2002. Together, these two units will focus on medical fraud perpetrated against NICB member insurance companies.
The Tampa unit is the sixth NICB major medical fraud task force established in the past eight years. Others are in California, New York, Texas and metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Read the NICB news release about Central Florida's MMFTF.
Read other coverage on healthcare fraud in Florida:
- Manager of Florida ASCs Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Facilities
- Florida Licensed Practical Nurse Admits to Falsifying Patient Information, Conspiring With Others
- Florida Clinic Employee Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Information in Medicare Fraud Scheme