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Doctors, Nurses Among 243 Charged In Million-Dollar Medicare Schemes
Federal agents have arrested 243 people — including 46 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals — who are accused of running up more than $700 million in false Medicare billings. Charges range from fraud and money laundering to aggravated identity theft and kickbacks.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch calls it "the largest criminal health care fraud takedown in the history of the Department of Justice."
One California doctor is accused of causing nearly $23 million in fraud losses, due to illegal practices that involved "over 1,000 expensive power wheelchairs and home health services that were not medically necessary and often not provided."
The arrests took place over three days in 17 cities. The FBI says more than 44 of the defendants defrauded Medicare's Part D prescription drug program.
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