Obama Administration Takedown of Medicare Fraudsters

Getting the bad guys:

As of today, as part of a coordinated, nationwide takedown, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force – a joint initiative led by the Departments of Justice and HHS that’s comprised of federal, state, and local investigators and law enforcement officials from across the country – has charged 107 defendants in seven different cities for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $452 million in false billings. This is the highest amount of alleged false Medicare billings involved in a single takedown in the Strike Force’s 5-year history.

The defendants charged include doctors, nurses, social workers, health-care company owners, and others – who are accused of a range of serious offenses, including health-care fraud, conspiracy to commit health-care fraud, money laundering, and violations of the anti-kickback statutes. And this takedown would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of roughly 500 agents and investigators nationwide – from the FBI and state and local officers, to the HHS Office of the Inspector General and multiple Medicare Fraud Control Units. Read the rest at DoJ