Fraud, Medicare Fraud | featured news

The Obama administration today announced it has charged 107 health providers in seven cities with defrauding Medicare of $452 million. Agents arrested doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers, company owners, pharmacists and office managers in Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, Tampa and Baton Rouge, La. The FBI apprehended 59 suspects in South Florida, including the owner of two mental health businesses called Healthcare Solutions Network, The Miami Herald reports.

Federal law enforcement officials announced what they called the largest healthcare fraud case in the nation’s history, indicting a Dallas area physician for allegedly bilking Medicare for nearly $375 million in billings for nonexistent home healthcare services.

The defendants, including five in Los Angeles, allegedly cheated the government out of more than $225 million in false billing schemes.

Hundreds of federal agents fanned out Wednesday morning across Southern California to serve warrants in a coast-to-coast crackdown on healthcare fraud.

Federal authorities said Friday they conducted the largest Medicare fraud bust ever and arrested dozens of suspects accused in scams totaling ...