Trump’s First Health-Care Fraud Sweep Targets Doctors, Opioids
By Tom Schoenberg and David McLaughlin
July 13, 2017, 9:22 AM CDT July 13, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
The U.S. accused more than 400 doctors, caregivers and others nationwide in health-care frauds it says bilked taxpayers of $1.3 billion, as the Trump administration laid down its intention to pursue excessive medical costs, opioid addiction and drug-related crimes.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in an enforcement announcement Thursday, rolled together dozens of long-running investigations by prosecutors across the U.S. that have brought arrests and charges from California to Florida. Prosecutors in those cases have accused health-care providers and others of making fraudulent claims to private insurers and the government.
Some are accused of billing Medicare, Medicaid and a veterans’ program for services that weren’t performed. Others were charged for prescribing opioids and other narcotics that weren’t necessary and in some cases ended up being sold on the street. In one case, a Florida drug-treatment program lured addicts with gift cards and trips to casinos and strip clubs so it could fraudulently bill insurance companies for their care, the U.S. said.
More:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-13/u-s-says-taxpayers-lost-1-3-billion-in-health-care-fraud-cases
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So glad you pointed this out. It's not as if this is a special accomplishment this administration actually should boast about, since the work was well underway when they got there to take the credit.
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