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State's New Fraud Strike Force Emphasizes Data Mining, Whistleblowers In Cracking Down On Health Care Fraud

Health care fraudsters in West Virginia have another investigative body on their tail now. The Mountaineer Health Care Fraud Strike Force, a multi-agency unit “that will take a data-driven approach to uncovering waste and abuse,” is now in operation, the Department of Justice says in a release. “The time I spent in the private sector opened my eyes to the [...]
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