Florida-linked sweep charges 455 in $6.5B health-care fraud crackdown
TL;DR
A two-week federal enforcement operation charged 455 people in a $6.5 billion health-care fraud and insurance scheme, with Florida accounting for 36 defendants across federal and state cases. Highlights include a Boca Raton cardiologist accused of billing for unnecessary student-athlete heart screenings, a Tampa Bay nurse practitioner-led wound-care scheme billing Medicare $118 million, and a Miami individual allegedly directing a phantom-supplies scheme totaling about $3.76 billion. The DOJ says the crackdown aims to protect vulnerable patients and recover taxpayer funds, with asset seizures and ongoing prosecutions across multiple jurisdictions.
- Dozens in Florida among hundreds charged in a DOJ crackdown on healthcare fraud WUSF
- 455 people including doctors charged in historic $6.5B health care schemes USA Today
- What to Know About the Government’s $6.5 Billion Healthcare Fraud Crackdown WSJ
- Atlanta doctor indicted for $4 million Medicaid fraud scheme WABE
- 4 charged in Nebraska as part of DOJ national health care fraud takedown WOWT
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