Trending claims

Middle District of Georgia District of Idaho Northern District of Illinois Eastern District of Kentucky Western District of Kentucky Eastern District of Louisiana Middle District of Louisiana District of Maine District of Massachusetts Eastern District of Michigan Western District of Michigan Northern District of Mississippi Southern District of Mississippi District of Montana District of Nevada District of New Hampshire District of New Jersey Eastern District of New York Northern District of New York Southern District of New York Western District of New York Eastern District of North Carolina Western District of North Carolina District of North Dakota Northern District of Ohio Southern District of Ohio Northern District of Oklahoma Western District of Oklahoma District of Oregon Eastern District of Pennsylvania District of South Carolina Middle District of Tennessee Western District of Tennessee Northern District of Texas Southern District of Texas Western District of Texas District of Vermont Eastern District of Virginia Western District of Washington Northern District of West Virginia and State Attorneys General’s Offices for California Illinois Indiana Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Missouri New York Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Wisconsin participated

It will also implement the President’s Executive Order Stopping Waste Fraud and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos

Department is working with HHS-OIG FBI and other agencies to create a Health Care Fraud Data Fusion Center

Medical providers were charged with stealing fentanyl and hydrocodone meant for patients

Health Care Fraud Unit's approach has fueled an epidemic of prescription opioid abuse for nearly a decade

DEA charged 93 administrative cases seeking revocation of authority to handle or prescribe controlled substances in last six months

Drug trafficking generated large profits for defendants

Distributed drugs were subsequently trafficked by street-level drug dealers

Defendants conspired to distribute oxycodone hydrocodone and carisoprodol

Five defendants were charged with unlawful distribution of over 3 million opioid pills

Coordinated action is a continuation of Health Care Fraud Unit's approach to stopping drug trafficking organizations and suppliers

49 defendants were charged with submitting over $1.17 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicare

Owner of telemedicine and durable medical equipment companies was charged with a $46 million scheme

74 defendants including 44 licensed medical professionals were charged across 58 districts

Many allografts were applied without coordination with patients’ treating physicians

Charges are in connection with approximately $1.1 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicare and other health care benefit programs for amniotic wound allografts

Charges were filed against five medical professionals

Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans paid approximately $418 million on those claims

Some services billed were never provided

Government seized approximately $44.7 million from various bank accounts related to this case