NU Online News Service, April 20, 2004, 4:42 p.m. EDT – The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, has set up an Anti-Fraud Strike Force.[@@]
The strike force, which will include top Blue Cross and Blue Shield company investigators, will work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the inspector general at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other law enforcement agencies to fight major insurance fraud schemes.
The strike force also will publish an annual consumer guide to health care fraud.