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DoJ charges 400 people in $1.3 billion healthcare fraud
By artappraiser on Sat, 07/15/2017 - 3:44am |By Sari Horwitz and Renae Merle Washington Post via Spokesman.com, July 14
WASHINGTON – More than 400 people across the country have been charged with participating in health care fraud scams totaling about $1.3 billion in false billings, including for the prescription and distribution of opioids.
In what federal officials Thursday called the “largest ever health care fraud enforcement action” by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, 412 individuals, including 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, were arrested in a nationwide operation that involved more than 1,000 law enforcement agents in at least 30 states.
“One American dies of a drug overdose every 11 minutes and more than 2 million Americans are ensnared in addiction to prescription painkillers,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at a news conference [....]
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http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jul/14/justice-department-charges-400-people-for-13-billi/
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