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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Prosecutions Top $500M

By Robert David, Esq.

Since the inception of Medicare Fraud Strike Force (MFSF) operations in 2007, federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have indicted 104 cases with 184 defendants in Los Angeles and Miami. Collectively, these defendants fraudulently billed the Medicare program for more than half a billion dollars. The MFSF is a multi-agency team of federal, state and local prosecutors and agents designed specifically to combat Medicare fraud. Strike force operations began in the Miami area on March 1, 2007. The strike force teams are led by a federal prosecutor supervised by both the Criminal Division?s Fraud Section in Washington and the local office of U.S. Attorney. Each team has four to six agents, at least one agent from the FBI and HHS Office of Inspector General, as well as representatives of local law enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).