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Feds Arrest 91 People for Medicare Fraud Nationwide

Posted on Sep 09, 2011

This past Wednesday, 91 people in eight cities were charged with attempting to cheat Medicare out of a staggering $295 million.

In an effort to recoup some money and stop the health care fraud that is occurring throughout the country, the U.S. government is cracking down on people trying to illegally cash in on Medicare and Medicaid.

Many of the 91 people caught were billing the government for services they had not provided, were committing money laundering, were taking kick backs, or were threatening Medicare recipients. Two people in Houston were charged with committing $62 million in false billings for home health and durable medical equipment.

The highest cases of Medicare fraud are in home health care and medical equipment. But an increase in federal health care fraud prosecutions hopes to change that. Under the new health care law, one of the strongest anti-fraud laws in the history of the United States, federal health care fraud prosecutions increased by 85 percent in just one year.

The new health care law not only allows for longer prison terms, but it also gives more funding to federal agencies to investigate fraud.

To learn more about health care fraud and about how you can stop this practice that takes billions of dollars from the U.S. government each year, read my article about Qui Tam Lawsuits.

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