NU Online News Service, May 6, 2:50 p.m.EDT--Orlando, Fla.--Efforts to fightworkers' compensation fraud are being helped by new laws and apositive legislative climate, but hindered by financial constraintsand an apathetic judiciary, the head of an anti-fraud groupsaid.
The commentary by Dennis Jay, executive director of theWashington-based Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, was deliveredat the National Council on Compensation Insurance's annual meetingheld here this week. His observations included results from acoalition survey of 12 states with law enforcement units devotedexclusively to combating comp fraud.
Mr. Jay's talk, titled "Fraud Trends In Workers' CompensationFraud--Are We Winning The Battle?" included a rundown on what hesaid were the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats toefforts to combat comp fraud.
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