Health Fraud
- Consumer Information
(Federal Trade Commission)
- In this section of the FTC website, you’ll find publications with advice on avoiding scams and rip-offs, as well as tips on other consumer topics. For information about health and medical topics, select Diet, Health & Fitness. Other topics include Credit, Identity Theft, At Home, Telemarketing, Travel, Tobacco, and Privacy.
- http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/
- Health Fraud
(MEDLINEplus)
- Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include General/Overviews, Research, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Directories, Law and Policy, Organizations, Children, Seniors, and more. This site has links to help you recognize health fraud in advertising and on the Internet. Read about medical hoaxes, treatment claims, evaluating health Web sites, buying medical products online, and more. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
- https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthfraud.html
- Stop Medicare Fraud
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Justice)
- This government-sponsored website provides information for seniors on how to prevent and report Medicare fraud. Learn how you can protect against Medicare fraud and about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) that investigates fraud cases across the country. This site is also available in Spanish.
- https://www.stopmedicarefraud.gov/
Last Modified: Tuesday August 25, 2015 10:31 AM