Every year around this time, the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General announce the results of their national health care fraud takedown. This year was the largest to date.
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A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company and a former employee of a Los Angeles dialysis treatment center both pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for their roles in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $6.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
Glendale Defense Attorney and Others Involved in Scheme Allegedly Obstructed Justice by Creating Fake Medical Records to Justify Fraudulent Prescriptions
The Pharmacist in Charge of a Hattiesburg, Mississippi compounding pharmacy pleaded guilty today to health care fraud charges for his role in a scheme that defrauded TRICARE and private insurance companies out of at least $192 million in payments for medically unnecessary compounded medications.
Federal investigations into alleged fraudulent claims and kickback arrangementsin the health care industry have become a growing nationwide trend over the past several years.