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Fraud increases the cost of health care for everyone and increases your
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premium. OPM's office of the
Inspector General Investigates all allegations of fraud, waste or abuse in
the FEHBP program regardless of the agency that employs you or from which
you retired.
If you suspect that fraud, waste or abuse is being committed, please
report it to our fraud and abuse hotline by calling 312-935-9296.
Or by
writing to: AXA-Assistance, Fraud and Abuse Officer
1200 Brickell Ave, Suite 1660, Miami, FL. 33131
All reports are treated as confidential and will be investigated
appropriately, including applicable referral to law enforcement and
regulatory bodies. Please include as much detail as possible to ensure our
ability to investigate each issue. Reports may be made anonymously.
Here are some resources that we hope will help you clarify these terms and
make it easier for you to recognize what they look like.
DEFINITIONS
Fraud: means an intentional deception or misrepresentation
made by a person with the knowledge that the deception could result in some
unauthorized benefit to himself or some other person. It includes any act
that constitutes fraud under applicable Federal State Law.
Abuse: means provider practices that are inconsistent with
sound fiscal, business, or medical practices, and result in an unnecessary
cost to he FEHBP program, or in reimbursement for services that are not medically
necessary or fail to meet professionally recognized standards for health care.
It also includes recipient practices that result in unnecessary cost to the
FEHBP program.
EXAMPLES OF FRAUD AND ABUSE
Falsifying claims
- Alteration of a Claim
- Incorrect Coding
- Double Billing
- False Data Submitted
Falsifying Services
- Billing for Services/Supplies Not Provided
- Misrepresentation of Services/Supplies
Administrative/Financial
- Kickbacks
- Falsifying Credentials
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