| 1. | HealthWatcher.net | | | Provides several recourses related to health fraud including books and articles.
www.healthwatcher.net |
| 2. | DietFraud.com | | | Exposes diet fraud, rip-offs and scams and allows consumers to file complaints and even join class action lawsuits against companies that market fraudulent products and devices.
www.dietfraud.com |
| 3. | Fraudulent Health Claims | | | Tips on spotting false claims, some medical problems that attract health fraud schemes, dietary supplement precautions, how to report a possible fraud.
www.ftc.gov |
| 4. | Bally Total Fitness | | | Articles and discussion over the alleged abuses and scams of the Bally Total Fitness national gym chain.
www.aboutballyfitness.com |
| 5. | Health Watch UK | | | Information on how to spot fraudulent claims. Non-profit organization in the UK.
www.healthwatch-uk.org |
| 6. | AIDS Fraud Task Force | | | Advice and information on how to evaluate HIV products or treatments to prevent fraud.
www.fda.gov |
| 8. | Federal Trade Commission | | | A list of online fact sheets on selected topics for which the Federal Trade Commission has had to address consumer complaints regarding fraud. Some are available in Spanish.
www.ftc.gov |
| 9. | U.S. Food and Drug Administration | | | Includes information on how to protect yourself from dangerous and fraudulent online practices involving the sale of FDA-regulated products.
www.fda.gov |
| 10. | Morgan Enterprises | | | Offers services for detecting pharmacy fraud, insurance fraud, and non-compliance.
www.morganent.com |
| 11. | New Jersey AIDS Health Fraud Task Force | | | Identifies the promotion of an AIDS related health product, treatment or service that is known to be false, unproven, or potentially harmful.
www.state.nj.us |
| 13. | Medline Plus | | | Focuses on health fraud resources and tips on where to report fraud cases. Partially in Spanish.
www.nlm.nih.gov |
| 15. | Health Care Fraud Report | | | Features a broad range of health care fraud and abuse issues in the private insurance industry, managed care organizations, federal and state programs.
www.bna.com |
| 17. | File a Complaint | | | Better business bureau online accepts your complains and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
www.bbbonline.org |
| 18. | Bureau of Health Professions | | | Manages and provides access to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, and the Federal Credentialing Program.
bhpr.hrsa.gov |
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