Four from Baton Rouge are among 91 people—including a hospital president, doctors and nurses—that a federal strike force is charging with Medicare fraud schemes in seven cities involving $429 million in false billings. At a news conference today, Attorney General Eric Holder said the case reveals an alarming trend in criminal efforts to steal billions of taxpayer dollars for personal gain. Holder called the action one of the largest such law enforcement efforts of its kind. It focused on fraudulent Medicare schemes in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Los Angeles; and Miami. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that in addition to filing the newly announced criminal charges, her agency has used new authority under the Obama administration’s health care law to stop future payments to many of the health care providers suspected of fraud.
Fed charges 91 people, 4 from B.R., in $429M Medicare fraud
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