by CivMetrics Staff | Feb 9, 2020 | Government IT, Health and Privacy
Hospitals have become a favorite target of ransomware. Fearful that a shutdown of their computer systems could mean loss of life, many hospitals have paid up. The latest victim is the DCI Health System in Alabama but there were 491 attacks on healthcare providers in...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
U.S. insurers are defrauded of over $80 billion every year, according to a recent white paper released by The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The analysis of forensic accountants can knock out many unsubstantiated claims. But investigating the validity of claims is...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
As sure as nemesis follows hubris, the greater interconnectedness of the world created by technology has left institutions vulnerable to fraud. But the good guys are using the same advances — algorithms, software, data — to combat fraud in innovative new...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
Looking to cut waste and decrease the incidence of fraud, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now cooperate in the dissemination of best practices and the sharing of data analytics tools to improve their...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
Over the next five years, the global fraud detection and prevention market is expected to grow at a nearly 20% clip to hit a market size of over $42 billion. Reuters reports: Fraud detection and prevention (FDP) solutions have thus become more important in the current...
by CivMetrics Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | Government IT
The California accounting firm White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt has asked the court to allow them to sue actor and director Mel Gibson’s ex-wife, Oksana Grigorieva, for $108,887.24 in unpaid fees. Grigorieva had hired the firm after her 2015 bankruptcy...
