Government says it recovers billions in health fraud crackdown
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
The Obama administration says it recovers $4.2 billion, a one-year record, from Medicare providers and others who falsely billed the government.WASHINGTON — The federal government recovered a record $4.2 billion in the last fiscal year from medical providers and others who fraudulently billed government healthcare programs such as Medicare, the Obama administration announced Monday.