Workers’ Compensation Fraud Trends

Public Risk Management

Dalene Bartholomew is the Vice President of Probe Information Services Inc. and an Anti-fraud training expert. Having multiple certifications in fraud investigation, she offers the sweeping view of the current workers’ compensation frauds condition while explaining the role of Special Investigation Units. Despite the best efforts, workers’ compensation frauds cannot be eradicated. Unfortunately, both employers and workers sometimes try to take advantage of the system, but the encouraging thing is that now we have more means to combat these fraudulent activities. We have seen the change for the better recently.