DOJ Charges 200 In $2.7B Medicare Fraud Schemes

The Associated Press reports:

Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse practitioners and others across the U.S. accused of a variety of scams, including a $900 million scheme in Arizona targeting dying patients.

In the Arizona case, prosecutors have accused two owners of wound care companies of accepting more than $330 million in kickbacks as part of a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for amniotic wound grafts, which are dressings to help heal wounds. In less than two years, more than $900 million in bogus claims were submitted to Medicare for grafts that were used on fewer than 500 patients, prosecutors said.

Read the full article. The owners of the Arizona company, a married couple, had packed their bags in preparation to flee and leave behind their $6 million home, plus their  “luxury cars, gold bars, coins and jewelry.” Hit the link, there’s a lot more.

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