Scams against government and private health care insurers are the largest types of insurance fraud. While the exact amount of money stolen in this way is unknown, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association puts the total at close to $100,000,-000,000 per year. "Whatever the actual total is, ifs increasing rapidly," says Susan Dee-han, chair and CEO of Actionable Intelligence Technologies, Dulles, Va. She indicates that the rise in fraud stems from the increase in the nation's overall health care budget, which is a magnet to criminal organiza- tions. Figures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that health care expenditures in the U.S. reached 3.2 trillion dollars in 2015, or about $10,000 per person. Medicare spending alone reached $616,800,000,000.
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