Massive healthcare-fraud crackdown nets 455 charges totaling $6.5B
The Justice Department announced a nationwide crackdown on healthcare fraud and opioid-abuse schemes, charging 455 defendants—including 90 doctors—over about $6.5 billion in false Medicare and Medicaid claims across 45 states; cases included wound-care fraud and hospice billing, marking the largest DOJ healthcare-fraud takedown in history.