Fraud and error in the field of EU social security coordination : reference year 2023

This report, covers the following matters: 1) the steps taken throughout the year to prevent and combat fraud and error in cases determined under the coordination rules; 2) specific problems in implementing the coordination rules which may lead at least to risks of fraud and error;3) agreements and bilateral cooperation agreements with other Member States entered into for the purposes of combating fraud and error; 4) the steps taken, in the field of benefits in kind, to promote compliance by institutions and healthcare providers with the coordination rules and to provide information to citizens; 5) some quantitative data (collected by the thematic questionnaires launched by HIVA - KU Leuven within the framework of the Administrative Commission) on examples of fraud and error; 6) best practices, lessons learned, issues or concerns (including with regard to privacy and data protection) when dealing with cross-border cooperation and information exchange ; and finally 7) examples of or proposals or suggestions for measures to improve the overall tackling of fraud and error in the field of social security coordination which National Contact Points (NCPs) can operationalise without the need for changes to national or EU law.