U.S. Attorney's Office Announces More Fraud Charges in Southern Florida
On September 30, 2008, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida issued a Press Release announcing health care fraud charges against 41 defendants and involving more than $160 million in Medicare claims.
As part of the Press Release, the U.S. Attorney's Office also made a fiscal year comparison of the total number of health care fraud cases prosecuted by the office during fiscal years 2006, 2007 and 2008. The fiscal year comparison shows a steady increase in the number of health care fraud prosecutions (from 111 defendants in 2006 to 245 defendants in 2008). According to the Press Release, the increase in the number of health care fraud prosecutions in the Southern District of Florida is the direct result of the efforts of the South Florida Health Care Fraud Strike Force prosecutors and other Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and Federal law enforcement agencies, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.
In May 2007, the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a News Release that the Medicare fraud strike force began operations in March 2007 and had already resulted in 38 arrests and indictments involving over $142 million in Medicare billings. At the time of the announcement, HHS revealed that the strike force used "real-time analysis of billing data" to identify and react to fraud schemes. Since May 2007, strike force efforts have yielded a steady stream of arrests and indictments.
Posted by Michael Apolskis on October 03, 2008 in Fraud & Abuse | Permalink
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