Biometrics viewed as possible solution to medical fraud worries
14 October, 2008
category: Biometrics, Health
Experts are looking towards biometrics as a potential solution to worries about fraud within the Medicare and Medicaid programs despite the introduction of recent programs such as Recovery Audit Contractor program, according to an article from Fierce Health IT. Specifically, biometric systems, such as ones offered by biometrics developer Biometrics Technologies, are targeting this potential problem by creating their Bioclaim system that uses fingerprint scans to ensure patients are being billed and cared for properly.
While some groups have been implementing these systems, many haven’t due to implementation costs as well as training issues concerned with moving from an all-paper system to a biometric system.
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