US charging 412 in health fraud schemes worth $1.3 billion

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged more than 400 people with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the collective action the "largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history" and said it indicates that some doctors, nurses and pharmacists "have chosen to violate their oaths and put greed ahead of their patients."

Among those charged are six Michigan doctors accused of a scheme to prescribe unnecessary opioids. A Florida rehab facility is alleged to have recruited addicts with gift cards and visits to strip clubs, leading to $58 million in false treatments and tests.

Officials said those charged in the schemes include more than 120 people involved in prescribing and distributing narcotics.

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/hundreds-charged-in-health-opioid-fraud-schemes.html

[Plucketeer]

1. Elfy says: " some doctors, nurses and pharmacists have chosen to violate their oaths..."

I gotta say, I think Sessions is WELL Qualified to discern when oaths have been violated!

[Sunlei]

2. I remember the first week, President Obama started the ball rolling about the opioid "problem"

There was an EO from the Presidents office. People stopped crossing state lines to use multi Doctors for prescriptions, stolen/missing VA shipments of opioids were to be investigated, medical system was to be computerized to flag these kind of Fraud schemes. This was over eight years ago.

1.3 BILLION in Fraud just from these six Doctors and one Florida 'rehab' facility. And countless people addicted. Our AG needs to keep on using this Obama Policy, perhaps one day America won't have billions in fraud and corruption.

Thanks Obama

[hedda_foil]

3. Oh boy! Proof that those shiftless welfare cheats are taking money out of MY POCKET!!

No more healthcare for them!