Illinois Department of Insurance Director Participating in National Summit on Health Care Fraud Today in Washington

CHICAGO — January 28, 2010. Illinois Department of Insurance Director Michael T. McRaith is among a group of National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) serving as panelists during a national dialogue on health care fraud in Washington, D.C. today. The National Summit on Health Care Fraud is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Participating NAIC members and scheduled panels include:

• Illinois Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith, Development of Effective Prevention Policies and Methods for Insurers, Providers and Beneficiaries
• Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, Role of States in Preventing Health Care Fraud
• Ohio Director of Insurance Mary Jo Hudson, Effective Law Enforcement Strategies
• New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny, Measuring Health Care Fraud, Assessing Recoveries and Determining Resource Needs

Featured speakers at the Summit include Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, former NAIC President and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius,, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Other participants in the Summit include prosecutors, investigators and insurance company executives.  The day-long Summit will be held at the Natcher Conference Center at the National Institutes of Health.

Click here for more information on the National Summit on Health Care Fraud. Illinois consumers in need of information or assistance should visit the Department’s web site at insurance.illinois.gov or call its toll-free hotline at (866) 445-5364.  Helpful information can also be obtained at the Department’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/insuranceIL or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/insuranceIL.