DOJ’s $2.7 Billion Health Care Fraud Crackdown: What We Know

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it filed criminal charges against 193 people, including 76 doctors and other medical professionals, across the country over health care schemes that could have caused $2.75 billion in losses.The actual losses amounted to $1.6 billion, the government said in a statement. Authorities managed to seize more than $200 million cash, luxury cars, gold and other assets in the 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action.”It does not matter if you are a trafficker in a drug cartel or a corporate executive or medical professional employed by a health…