Washington—Click on the following to read all of the story: Medicare fraud: Biggest case in U.S. history - latimes.com
Federal law enforcement officials announced what they called the largest healthcare fraud case in the nation’s history, indicting a Dallas area physician for allegedly bilking Medicare for nearly $375 million in billings for nonexistent home healthcare services.
Top Justice Department officials, working for several years to stem a rampant rise in healthcare fraud around the country, also revealed Tuesday that 78 home health agencies that were working with the physician, Dr. Jacques Roy, will be suspended from the Medicare program for up to 18 months.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Medicare fraud: Biggest case in U.S. history - latimes.com
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