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On April 19th, 2010 the CBC did a story on Spa Fraud. The Canadian Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (CHCAA) would like to thank the CBC for shining the public spotlight on this unsavoury practice that goes on in some spa clinics. The CHCAA was happy to cooperate by answering questions that help to raise public [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=346 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=342 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=342#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:53:57 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=342
Health care fraud is perpetrated by a handful of people but costs Canadians between $5-$15 billion each year. That’s enough money to hire approximately 20,000 new doctors or purchase more than 5000 MRI machines. In some cases, like the BC woman who died after being given counterfeit prescription drugs, it can cost you your life. Health care [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=342 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=339 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=339#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:56:11 +0000 site admin http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=339
Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association Elects 2010 Chair The Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association (CHCAA) is pleased to announce that Daniel Tourangeau of Standard Life has been elected as CHCAA’s Chair for 2010. Daniel Tourangeau is a Chartered Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner and he holds a Graduate Degree in Investigative and Forensic Accounting from the [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=339 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=334 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=334#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:57:17 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=334
A man who ran successful cosmetic surgery clinics in Canad and the United States … a patient’s will–pleaded guilty of health insurance fraud yesterday. … (read more) ]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=334 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=327 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=327#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:40:23 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=327
(Toronto, ON) – The Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association today announced the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding with two like-minded organizations—the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) and the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN). All three organizations share the common goal of reducing and eliminating health care fraud in their respective [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=327 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=325 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=325#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:55:40 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=325
A man convicted of defrauding a now-defunct addictions treatment centre on a native reserve near Winnipeg says he was forced to plead guilty to his crimes. Perry Fontaine, 55, who was the director of the centre, was sentenced last month to three years in prison for fraud and bribery. He was also ordered to repay $1.8 [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=325 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=322 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=322#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:50:37 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=322
U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced they had charged 53 people with Medicare fraud and vowed to pursue a crackdown on schemes that cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year….read more ]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=322 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=289 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=289#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:37:04 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=289
Ontario Provincial Police Anti-Rackets Branch has brought charges against a doctor whom they allege defrauded the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for over $100,000. The OPP is accusing the MD of billing OHIP for services not rendered over a three-year period from 2005-2008. The eight month investigation began after Police received a tip about [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=289 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=276 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=276#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:32:54 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=276
Recently, the City of Toronto (”the City”) announced that it has fired nine workers in relation to alleged health benefits fraud. The exact nature of the fraud is unclear as City has yet to disclose any further details surrounding the case. The most common types of employee benefits fraud include submitting false or altered claims [...]]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=276 0 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=336 http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=336#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:03:40 +0000 aforsyth http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?p=336
A decade ago, protecting yourself against credit card fraud consisted of simple measures, such as refusing to give your card number out over the phone or making sure you did not leave your computer password on a sticky on your desk…(read more) ]]> http://www.chcaa.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=336 0