A federal
strike force has charged 91 people, including doctors and nurses, in seven
cities with Medicare fraud schemes involving $429 million in false billings.
At a news
conference, Attorney General Eric Holder says the case reveals an alarming
trend of criminal attempts to steal billions of taxpayer dollars for personal
gain. Holder called Thursday's action against Medicare fraud one of the largest
of its kind.
Health and
Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that that in addition to the
newly announced charges, her agency used new authority under the federal health
care law to stop future payments to many of the health care providers suspected
of fraud.
The law
enforcement effort targeted fraudulent Medicare schemes in Baton Rouge, La.;
Brooklyn, N.Y.; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Los Angeles and Miami.
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