Federal law enforcement officers throughout the United States recently discovered pieces of federal medical insurance (Medicare) fraud, has been arrested 91 people involved included physicians and other medical professionals, not actual application amount up to $ 295 million.
Attorney Holder and the Minister of Health and Welfare, said Catherine ‧ Xibiliesi, from August 24 date, 70 people indicted, 21 were guilty; including 11 doctors, three nurses and 10 licensed health professionals.
Holder at the press conference that the suspects were arrested, "undermines the integrity of our health care system."Xibiliesi then describe the enforcement action is "fraud for trying to taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries criminals, a strong warning."
The authorities traced the region, throughout Baton Rouge, Louisiana, New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami.Which involved 46 defendants and $ 160 million the amount of fraud involving the authorities cracked down in South Florida by the country's largest Medicare fraud.
Miami federal prosecutor Phil (Wifredo Ferrer) said that in the South Florida Medicare fraud case, there are many homeless, as well as drug addiction and alcoholism, the threat of criminals forced to serve as head of false documents .
Houston has two due to false declaration of 62 million yuan for family health care and medical equipment, and charged with fraud.One of them even Medicare beneficiary information, sold to Boston-area home health care agencies.
In Baton Rouge, there are a physician, a nurse and five other accomplices, charged with professional care and other health care services in the name of the family, no real application for 19 million yuan, but these services are not necessary or did not provide.
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