European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Conference

The European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Conference (EHFCC) is a non-governmental organization that was founded in early 2004 as an information exchange and advisory institution for working groups within the public health system of the European Union that are involved in combating (cross-border) structural corruption and fraud .

founding

Participated in the foundation were from Germany , the AOK Lower Saxony, in the UK the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service , from the Netherlands , the Zorgverzekeraars Nederland and Zorg en Zekerheid from Spain , the Collegio Official de Farmeceuticos de Madrid , from Poland , the Stephan Batory Foundation and an AG of the Ministry of Health, from Slovakia "The Bureau of Fight Against Corruption", which works for the Ministry of the Interior.

financing

In February 2004, an application for partial funding of the EHFCC was approved by the European Commission (Directorate General of Justice and Home Affairs) as part of the AGIS program, which ran from 2003 to 2007 .

Web links

• The "European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Declaration" as a PDF document and the German translation as a PDF document
• TI study "Lack of transparency, fraud and corruption in the German healthcare system" (PDF; 486 kB)
• Allegations of corruption in the healthcare sector
• http://www.cfsms.nhs.uk/ GB: Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (CFSMS)
• Comments on the conference on 18./19. Oct. 2004 (engl.)
• AGIS: framework program to help police, the judiciary and professionals from the EU member states co-operate in criminal matters (engl.)