In another installment in its war on healthcare fraud, the Department of Justice yesterday announced an unprecedented national crackdown on healthcare fraudsters, which resulted in civil and criminal charges against 301 individuals including 61 doctors, nurses and healthcare providers.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Health and Human Services Secretary Silvia Matthews Burwell held a press conference highlighting their continuing efforts to combat healthcare fraud. Attorney General Lynch stated, "As this takedown should make clear, healthcare fraud is not an abstract violation or benign offense – it is serious crime."
"Every year, the number of providers charged with healthcare fraud increases," says Strasburger partner Sam Louis, a former deputy criminal chief of program fraud for the Southern District of Texas who oversaw the District Criminal Healthcare Fraud prosecution. The healthcare fraud roundup included 22 individuals allegedly responsible for over $136 million in fraud in the Southern District of Texas.
Click here to view the Attorney General's press conference on Medicare Fraud.
Click here to view the press release issued by Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
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