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Under federal law, health care fraud in the United States is defined, and made illegal, primarily by the health care fraud statute in 18 U.S.C. § 1347 states [4] (a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—. (1) to defraud a financial institution; or. (2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses ...
FBI Director Robert Mueller stated that the FBI and HHS OIG has over 2,400 open health care fraud investigations. [18] On January 28, 2010, the first "National Summit on Health Care Fraud" was held to bring together leaders from the public and private sectors to identify and discuss innovative ways to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse in the U.S ...
Farid Fata. Farid T. Fata ( Arabic: فريد فتى, born 1 March 1965) is a Lebanese-born former hematologist / oncologist and the mastermind of one of the largest health care frauds in U.S. history. Fata was the owner of Michigan Hematology-Oncology (MHO), one of the largest cancer practices in Michigan.
Health care fraud is punishable with a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of either $250,000 or twice the gain or loss from the offense, whichever is greatest.
Call 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) to report suspected Medicare abuse or fraud. Medicare abuse, or Medicare fraud, is a type of healthcare fraud that affects people enrolled in Medicare. The most ...
The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one totaling $1.9 billion and a doctor accused of ordering fake ankle ...
2010 Medicaid fraud. A case of Medicaid fraud was carried out in 2010 by an Armenian-American organized crime group called the Mirzoyan–Terdjanian organization. [1] [2] The scam involved a crime syndicate which created 118 fake clinics in 25 states and used stolen medical license numbers of real doctors and matched them to legitimate Medicare ...
In a joint alert Wednesday, the FBI and two federal agencies warned that they had “credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.”