tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2012 Issue 20

Industry Notes

Medicare Fraudsters Put On NoticeIn one of the biggest takedowns in Medicare history 91 individuals were charged with "participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $429.2 million in false billing," Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in an October 4 Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs press release. This came as a result of Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities.The indictments were unsealed across the country charging "more than $230 million in home health care fraud; more than $100 million in mental health care fraud...

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