Justice Dept charges 138 people with health care fraud incurring $1.4 billion in losses
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The Justice Department announced Friday that it's charging 138 people for their involvement in telemedicine schemes and other health care fraud across the country that may have incurred over $1.4 billion in losses.
Telemedicine, opioid prescriptions, patient information, federally-allocated provider reliefs funds and sober home initiatives were abused and used to illegally profit from health care charges and reimbursements, the Justice Department alleges. Many of the crimes targeted in the takedowns focused on components of the health care system that have been put under even greater stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Justice Department, 43 criminal defendants across 11 jurisdictions are charged with telemedicine schemes amounting to a whopping $1.1 billion in alleged losses.
