Health Providers Across The Country Are Caught In The Strike Force’s Dragnet

KAISER HEALTH NEWS: June 19, 2015

News outlets detail how the national health care fraud and abuse sweep played out locally — with reports from Illinois, Texas, Ohio and Michigan listing some of the specifics about fraudulent claims and related questionable health care business operations. 

The Associated Press: 25 From Illinois Charged In Federal Health Care Fraud Sweep
Doctors, nurses and a Medicaid recipient are among the 25 Illinois residents facing federal criminal charges as part of a nationwide health care fraud sweep that ensnared nearly 250 people. The defendants include a Chicago dermatologist accused of fraudulent billing and seven employees of area home health care companies. The federal government imposed a first-of-its-kind moratorium on enrollment of new home health providers in metropolitan Chicago in 2013. (6/18)