Recording breaking Medicare Fraud takedown

From HHS NEWS BULLETIN: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2015pres/06/20150618a.html

 

243 individuals have been charged in the largest health care fraud takedown in history, for billing Medicare for unnecessary services and equipments to the tune of $712 million. The charges were handed out to some Doctors, Nurses, Patient Recruiters, Home Healthcare Providers and Pharmacy Owners for health care fraud-related crime including the following:

·         Conspiracy to commit health care fraud

·         Violations of the anti-kickback statues

·         Money laundering

·         And aggravated identity theft

For access to beneficiaries’ information, cash kickbacks were to patient recruiters, Medicare beneficiaries and other co-conspirators.  

 

 

 

*** Bravo to the 17 districts Medicare Strike Force that carried out this operation. According to the report, since 2007 the strike force have charged over 2,300 defendants who have collectively billed Medicare fraudulently for more than $2.5 billion.