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Strike Force Takedown Targets 16 Home Care Defendants

Published on Tue Aug 16, 2011

Referrals prove a key point of enforcement in this record-breaking sweep. Home care operators continue to get caught up in the feds' fraud dragnet. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force conducted a "nationwide takedown" of 91 defendants participating in alleged schemes to submit more than $295 million in bogus claims to the government, the Department of Justice says in a release. "This coordinated takedown involved the highest amount of false Medicare billings in a single takedown in Strike Force history," says the Department of Health and Human Services in a separate release. The Strike Force is a joint effort of the DOJ, HHS Office of Inspector General, FBI, and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units. Among the alleged perpetrators are home care personnel in Miami, Houston, and Louisiana. In Miami: Long a hotbed of Medicare fraud, U.S. Attorney for the southern District of Florida Wifredo A. Ferrer is charging nine Miami-area defendants [...]
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