DOJ nabs 245 defendants in Florida for Medicare fraud in FY2008
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, October 7, 2008
Florida continues to be a hotbed for Medicare fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced September 30 that it charged 245 Florida defendants in fiscal year 2008, for a total of $793,448,162 in fraudulent payments.
In 2006, the DOJ charged 111 defendants and in 2007, 197. According to a DOJ press release, the increase in defendants charged can be credited to the combined efforts of the South Florida Health Care Fraud Strike Force prosecutors and other Assistant U.S. Attorneys, as well as federal law enforcement agencies led by the FBI and the OIG.
“The FBI and its partners continue to build on the success of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Solomon said in the press release. “We recognize that health care fraud is a challenging crime problem in South Florida and it will remain a top priority for the FBI.”
Many of the cases announced on September 30 involved fraudulent claims to Medicare for durable medical equipment supplies that were either never provided to the beneficiaries or never prescribed by doctors.
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