More than 100 charged nationwide with Medicare fraud
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 01:30
in Mathematics & Economics
A task force has brought criminal charges against doctors, nurses and healthcare executives. They are accused of cheating the government out of $225 million by making fraudulent claims, taking kickbacks or money laundering.The federal government's Medicare Fraud Task Force on Thursday brought criminal charges against doctors, nurses and healthcare company executives — 111 people in nine cities — in what officials described as the nation's "largest-ever federal healthcare fraud takedown."