There are roughly 6.6 million Medicare beneficiaries in Florida. The federal government is now looking to enlist the assistance of that group in uncovering Medicare fraud. The Florida Senior Medicare Patrol was given $400,000 for 2012 by the federal government as part...
Prosecuting health care professionals and businesses has become big business in Washington D.C. In 2010, the government obtained more than $1.85 billion in Medicaid fraud prosecutions. That is nearly three times the amount they gained just six years prior. The money...
A recruiter has pleaded guilty for her role in an operation that resulted in more than $25 million in improper Medicare claims. Federal investigators arrested more than a dozen people in connection with the Medicare fraud scheme. The Department of Health and Human...
After conducting raids in Florida, Texas and New Jersey, federal prosecutors charged thirteen people with wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering, securities fraud and making false statements on loan applications. The mortgage fraud case is noteworthy because FBI...
Federal investigators might have a new target for Medicare fraud cases: hospice care providers. That industry has created headlines recently as high profile executives have been charged with fraudulent Medicare billing and with using taxpayer money for personal...
A Houston anesthesiologist was sentenced in federal court last week in connection with the use of her Medicare provider number. The woman's provider number was used to bill more than $29 million in fraudulent Medicare claims. The woman worked for City Nursing Services...
