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Department of Justice FY 2011 Requests $236.6 M Budget Increase - $60.2 M Increase Sought to Fight Health Care Fraud

By Robert David, Esq.

The FY 2011 Budget requests a $234.6 million increase, including 708 new positions (143 agents and 157 attorneys), to restore confidence in U.S.markets, protect the federal treasury and defend the interests of the U.S. Government. This includes an additional $96.8 million for economic fraud enforcement, which is a 23 percent increase over the FY 2010 level. This increase will continue the department?s efforts to aggressively pursue traditional law enforcement and litigation activities ranging from mortgage fraud, corporate fraud and other economic crimes, to other mission-critical activities that support the overall functioning and efficiency of the department. The Department of Health and Human Services? (HHS) budget requests a $60.2 million increase specifically for DOJ components involved in the investigation and litigation of health care fraud cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).