Entries from the Medicare Fraud File

In an earlier article on this blog, we presented examples of possible Medicare fraud schemes as identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  The point was clear: fraudsters prey on the vulnerable and lure people in with the promise of “painless” financial reward.  These fraudsters create a façade of legitimacy and [...]

The Face of Medicare Fraud

We don’t need an expert to tell us that fraud costs money.  Health care fraud costs the system money.  The irony is that we are the “system” – all of us who receive our health care services in the U.S. are victimized by fraudsters because they steal the resources that belong to us; resources that [...]

U.S. Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Efforts

Directly or indirectly, we all have heard of fraud in the system that is designed to cater to the health of Americans.  Few of us are aware of the magnitudes of the fraud and the greed of the perpetrators.  It turns out that the schemes often involve millions of dollars of fraudulent charges to health [...]