FBI chief: criminal element infiltrating health care. (Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis J. Freeh) From: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial ServicesEdition | Date: April 3, 1995| Author: Fisher, Mary Jane | COPYRIGHT 1995 The National Underwriter Company. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Federal Bureau of Investigation Dir Louis J. Freeh reports that large criminal organizations are entering the health care industry in an entrepreneurial way during the 1990s. One problem has been the lack of legal tools law enforcement officials need to catch the criminals, such as court authorized wiretaps, a civil and criminal bar on kickbacks and a health care fraud statute. Fraud in health care has become an important current issue.

Washington - The health care system is being inf...

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