Fraud Prevention in the Management of Covid-19 Claims in Indonesia

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) has become a global pandemic that concerns the world. The covid-19 pandemic has a broad impact on multiple aspects of people’s lives. Various countries around the globe have implemented strategic policies for handling Covid-19, including one of them is financing policies. Regulations and policies were made to regulate health management due to Covid-19, including its claims. A large amount of Covid-19 claim financing in Indonesia can lead to potential fraud in managing the claim. This research aims to analyze the possibility of fraud in the management of Covid-19 claim and mitigate the law of preventing or handling fraud in managing Covid-19 claim in Indonesia. The research method used in this legal research is normative juridical research with uses secondary data. The result and analysis prove that the current management of the Covid-19 claim can lead to potential fraud and needs to be mitigated. Reasonable regulations are required regarding fraud criteria in managing Covid-19 claims as preventive measures and sanctions. A fraud prevention system must be optimized in the management of Covid-19 claims.