- Queens And Brooklyn-Based Eye Doctor Settles Health Care Fraud Claims For More Than $2.4 Million (June 6, 2024; U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York)
- Five Individuals Arrested For Defrauding Medicare Of Over $15M Through Sham Hospices And Money Laundering (June 7, 2024; US DOJ)
- Former Fresno Sleep Clinic Owner Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Submitting Over $1.5 Million In Fraudulent Claims For Sleep Studies To Medicare And Medi-Cal (June 6, 2024; U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California)
- Chronic Disease Health Care Provider To Pay Florida Medicaid Nearly $600,000 For False Claims Act Violations (June 5, 2024; State of Florida)
These aren't huge amounts of money, as far as health care fraud goes in this country. What impresses (and depresses) me is the steady drumbeat of criminal activity in this sector. With all the money sloshing around in the industry that counts for the largest percentage of our GDP, the lure of easy money is apparently irresistible.
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