Tag: Medicare Strike Force
Medicare fraud efforts pay off
January 28, 2014HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Medicare Strike Force set record numbers for healthcare prosecutions last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Jan.27.The Strike Force, a partnership between the DOJ and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), filed 137 cases, charged 345 individuals and secured 234 guilty pleas in fiscal year 2013. Its work also resulted in 46 jury trial convictions.“These record results underscore our determination to hold accountable those who take advantage...
