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L.A. County Seeks Vendors for Anti-Fraud Data Analytics

Los Angeles County has put out a Request for Information for vendors on a data analytics program to identify fraud in workers’ compensation and liability claims processes and monitor the county’s risk management programs.

Los Angeles County has put out a Request for Information for vendors on a data analytics program that can identify fraudulent workers’ comp claims. Vendors have until Monday to indicate an interest.

The county Chief Executive Office, which issued the RFI on July 3, is seeking information from vendors before “determining the options available for data analytics in managing risk, including identifying fraudulent and abusive patterns in workers’ compensation and liability claims processes and monitoring the county’s risk management programs.”

With more than 100,000 county employees working in law enforcement, tax collection, health, social and specialized services, fraud is a large-scale problem, according to the county Chief Executive Office.

“This diversity of employment generates approximately 11,000 workers’ compensation claims per year,” the CEO says in its RFI document. “These claims generate approximately 450,000 payments to providers and claimants annually.”

“The county is seeking current technologies and subject matter experts that will assist in developing algorithms that identify fraudulent and abusive patterns in workers’ compensation processes.”

The county has the following needs:

  • Develop models for predictive analytics to detect fraudulent patterns among providers;
  • Identify fraudulent business practices and their networks;
  • Expand the county’s data-mining capabilities;
  • Develop and provide the county with technologies that can detect fraud among its risk management programs;
  • Develop machine-learning capabilities within existing applications to detect fraud.
Vendors who may be interested should respond by Monday with an email to riskmanagementsolicitations@ceo.lacounty.gov with the subject line "Risk Data Analytics RFI Intent to Respond" with company name, business and mailing addresses and phone number; company contact name, business and mailing addresses, phone number and and email address; and contact’s relationship with the company. Questions may be sent to that email address. 

Vendors' questions are due by July 23, and questions and responses will be released Aug. 6. RFI responses are due by 3 p.m. Aug. 27. More details are available online.