Cezary Podkul is an investigative and data journalist based in Hong Kong. He is a remote worker for ProPublica and a lecturer at JMSC at the University of Hong Kong. Cezary's work focuses on a range of topics, including cybercrime, healthcare, and financial investigations.
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Alleged Cambodian Pig Butchering Scam Operations Raided
A growing number of casinos in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are engaging in large-scale money laundering, facilitating cyberfraud that is costing victims in America and abroad billions of dollars, according to new research by the United Nations.
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By: Cezary Podkul
After a ProPublica investigation examined how giant insurers and their intermediaries are imposing fees on doctors and hospitals for electronic payment, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to end the practice.
By: Cezary Podkul
After a ProPublica investigation examined how giant insurers and their intermediaries are imposing fees on doctors and hospitals for electronic payment, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to end the practice.
The shift to electronic medical reimbursements gave rise to payment processing companies demanding a 1.5% to 5% fee every time a doctor gets paid by insurers. The government banned such fees — until a company lobbyist got involved.
A powerful lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that health insurers owe them. Big companies rake in profits while doctors are saddled with yet another cost in a burdensome health care system.
A federal judge allowed the company to acquire a clearinghouse of health insurance claims. UnitedHealth says it won’t use the data to give itself an edge, even as some company documents suggest otherwise.
This cyberscam has cheated Americans out of millions of dollars. Learn how the pig butchering racket works and how to spot it online.
By: Cezary Podkul
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services prohibited such fees for EFTs until it was lobbied by a payment processor, then changed its position, however, a new bill would effectively force CMS to prohibit the fees.
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