Federal enforcement charged 94 people across five cities for healthcare fraud that amounted to $251 million, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
The schemes were operated out of cities including Miami, Baton Rouge, La., Brooklyn, N.Y., Detroit and Houston. To date, this is the single largest sweep of healthcare fraud ever performed by federal agents in the Medicare Fraud Strike Force.
The charges for the 94 defendants range from submitting claims for unnecessary treatments or ones never provided to patients and kickbacks. Participants in the various schemes included healthcare insurance owners, executives and physicians [Any details on the docs for separate stories that we haven't covered?].
Federal agents are continuing with investigations by issuing search warrants for those in connection to ongoing healthcare fraud, according to the report.
Read the Department of Justice's report on the healthcare fraud sweep.
Read more recent coverage of healthcare fraud:
- Indiana Works to Eliminate Healthcare Fraud by Employees
- Texas Woman Sentenced for Medical Equipment Fraud
- Leaders Meet to Inspect Scope of Healthcare Fraud Expanding in South Florida
The schemes were operated out of cities including Miami, Baton Rouge, La., Brooklyn, N.Y., Detroit and Houston. To date, this is the single largest sweep of healthcare fraud ever performed by federal agents in the Medicare Fraud Strike Force.
The charges for the 94 defendants range from submitting claims for unnecessary treatments or ones never provided to patients and kickbacks. Participants in the various schemes included healthcare insurance owners, executives and physicians [Any details on the docs for separate stories that we haven't covered?].
Federal agents are continuing with investigations by issuing search warrants for those in connection to ongoing healthcare fraud, according to the report.
Read the Department of Justice's report on the healthcare fraud sweep.
Read more recent coverage of healthcare fraud:
- Indiana Works to Eliminate Healthcare Fraud by Employees
- Texas Woman Sentenced for Medical Equipment Fraud
- Leaders Meet to Inspect Scope of Healthcare Fraud Expanding in South Florida