October 20, 2005
Two reports from the American Health Information Management Association claim health information technology can address the growing problem of healthcare fraud. AHIMA estimates that the United States could reduce health care fraud by at least $15 billion a year by using automation for medical coding and applying anti-fraud computer analysis of electronic health information.
The reports are the result of a six month project conducted under contract to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Links to the full reports, which were released on October 17, 2005, are available at the AHIMA website.