Health Care Fraud and Abuse program celebrates billions recovered
By HME News Staff
Updated 11:46 AM CDT, Wed July 6, 2022
WASHINGTON – The national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program is marking 25 years of operation and continued success in identifying and prosecuting the most egregious instances of health care fraud, preventing future fraud and abuse, and protecting program beneficiaries. During fiscal year 2021, the federal government won or negotiated more than $5 billion in health care fraud judgments and settlements, in addition to other health care administrative impositions. The program’s efforts include the president of a purported telemedicine company pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud for his role in defrauding Medicare through the submission of false and fraudulent orthotic brace orders in March of 2021. Because of efforts like these, as well as those of preceding years, almost $1.9 billion was returned to the federal government or paid to private persons in FY 2021. Read the 2021 report here.
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