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More than $6 billion in alleged fraud exposed
Put them ALL IN PRISON
In what authorities call the largest healthcare fraud and opioid takedown in U.S. history, the Department of Justice on Wednesday announced charges against 345 people across 51 federal districts for having allegedly submitted billions of dollars in fraudulent health care claims. Among the defendants are more than 100 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals.
The defendants were charged with having submitted in excess of $6 billion in false and fraudulent claims to federal healthcare programs and private insurers, the DOJ announced.
The majority of the alleged losses related to schemes connected to telemedicine—the use of technology to provide healthcare services remotely—comprising more than $4.5 billion in false and fraudulent claims made by more than 86 defendants in 19 federal districts.
The remainder of the alleged losses related to false and fraudulent claims of more than $845 million connected to substance abuse treatment facilities, also known as “sober homes,” and more than $806 million connected to other health care fraud and illegal opioid distribution schemes in the United States.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity separately announced that it is revoking the Medicare billing privileges of 256 additional medical professionals for their involvement in the fraudulent telemedicine claims.
Put them ALL IN PRISON
In what authorities call the largest healthcare fraud and opioid takedown in U.S. history, the Department of Justice on Wednesday announced charges against 345 people across 51 federal districts for having allegedly submitted billions of dollars in fraudulent health care claims. Among the defendants are more than 100 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals.
The defendants were charged with having submitted in excess of $6 billion in false and fraudulent claims to federal healthcare programs and private insurers, the DOJ announced.
The majority of the alleged losses related to schemes connected to telemedicine—the use of technology to provide healthcare services remotely—comprising more than $4.5 billion in false and fraudulent claims made by more than 86 defendants in 19 federal districts.
The remainder of the alleged losses related to false and fraudulent claims of more than $845 million connected to substance abuse treatment facilities, also known as “sober homes,” and more than $806 million connected to other health care fraud and illegal opioid distribution schemes in the United States.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity separately announced that it is revoking the Medicare billing privileges of 256 additional medical professionals for their involvement in the fraudulent telemedicine claims.
100 Medical Professionals Ensnared in Massive Takedown of Medicare, Medicaid Fraud: DOJ
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