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发帖数: 61690 | 1 The Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against 601 people
allegedly responsible for $2 billion in health care fraud, including 65
doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals.
The DOJ described it as the "largest health care fraud enforcement action"
in history.
Those charged were accused of cheating federal health programs, including
Medicare and Medicaid, through false billing practices.
Of those charged, 162 defendants, including 76 doctors, were charged for
their roles in prescribing and distributing opioids and dangerous narcotics.
“Health care fraud is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is
theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
“In many cases, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people
suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets."
The defendants allegedly submitted claims to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and
private insurance companies for treatments that were medically unnecessary
and often never provided, according to the DOJ.
In "many" cases, the DOJ said, patient recruiters, beneficiaries and other
co-conspirators were allegedly paid cash kickbacks in return for supplying
beneficiary information to providers, so the providers could submit
fraudulent bills to Medicare.
"The number of medical professionals charged is particularly significant,
because virtually every health care fraud scheme requires a corrupt medical
professional to be involved in order for Medicare or Medicaid to pay the
fraudulent claims," the DOJ said in a statement. |
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