Healthcare costs number well into the trillions when considering the countless billions of dollars in insurance claims. Most are valid, while others are fraudulent. Those expenses, while significantly smaller, still have significant costs, both financially and perceptions of the overall health care system. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA)...

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During an Oct. 10 press conference, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced that law enforcement agencies from two states had arrested 18 people in connection with a Medicaid fraud scheme. Deputies from the Clay County and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Offices in Florida and officers from the Columbus Police Department in Georgia...

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A Florida nurse practitioner has been convicted on a raft of charges connected to a scheme that prosecutors say defrauded Medicare out of approximately $200 million. On Sept. 20, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on eight charges including four counts of health care fraud and one count of conspiring...

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