tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2011 Issue 20

Home Health Enforcement: Strike Force Takedown Targets 16 Home Care Defendants

Referrals prove a key point of enforcement in this record-breaking sweep. Home care operators continue to get caught up in the feds' fraud dragnet. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force conducted a "nationwide takedown" of 91 defendants participating in alleged schemes to submit more than $295 million in bogus claims to the government, the Department of Justice says in a release. "This coordinated takedown involved the highest amount of false Medicare billings in a single takedown in Strike Force history," says the Department of Health and Human Services in a separate release. The Strike Force is a joint effort...

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