Health insurance. Tracking down to fraud

Forty-three actions against socially insured or health professionals: in 2007, the CPAM (*) of Côte d'Armor has further intensified its device to combat abuse, misconduct and fraud. Started in 2005, this struggle revolves around two actions: prevention (to avoid paying undue amounts and, if necessary, recover) and Punishment (dissuasive sanctions). "We want to create an environment unfavorable to fraud. We have therefore set up a special division in charge of monitoring and detection, "explains Andrew Perros, the director of CPAM 22. "We can not allow people continue to loot the social security system". Eight establishments inspected The credit union, for example, found that health professionals were wrongly declared (note not charged prescribed non-compliance packages, fictitious acts ...) more than € 210,000 in 2007 and during the first months of 2008. Some were placed under surveillance, others have been the subject of criminal complaints. In the same way, eight health institutions (medicine, surgery, obstetrics) department has been checked. Result: an undue final € 305,622. As on insured, many were subjected to procedures: complaints or criminal penalties. * Fund's primary health insurance.