The Justice Department’s Medicare Fraud Strike Force has set record numbers for health care prosecutions in 2013, demonstrating the targeted and coordinated approach remains as the strike force enters its eight year of fighting fraud against the government’s health care programs. Under the supervision of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney’s Offices, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force is formed by coordinated teams of investigators and prosecutors- including personnel from the Justice Department, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the FBI – who analyze Medicare claims data to target specific geographic areas showing unusually high levels of Medicare billing.
By focusing on the worst offenders engaged in current fraud schemes in the highest intensity regions, the strike force seeks to deter fraud in the target community and prevent it from spreading to other areas. In Fiscal Year 2013, the strike force set records in the number of cases filed (137), individuals charged (345), guilty pleas secured (234) and jury trial convictions (46).
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