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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra of dismantling a crucial fraud oversight team, enabling widespread misuse of federal funds. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, now the Democrat candidate in the upcoming California gubernatorial race, of drastically reducing the agency’s team responsible for preventing fraud. DETAIL: Speaking at a White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud press conference, Kennedy said HHS had only 80 program integrity employees overseeing 50 states and five territories when Becerra took office, and 76 of those were reassigned, leaving just six workers to monitor roughly $2.2 trillion in…Open
The Department of Justice has announced charges against 455 suspects for their alleged involvement in healthcare fraud schemes totaling over $6.5 billion, including a $27 million hospice fraud case in California.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 455 suspects for their alleged involvement in $6.5 billion in healthcare fraud scams. DETAIL: On Tuesday, the DOJ unveiled the charges amid a National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a nationwide crackdown on healthcare fraud spanning 45 states and territories. The defendants include 90 doctors and healthcare professionals, and more than $518 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims. “This is just the beginning. Fraudsters can no longer rip off American taxpayers… If you seek to harm or cheat Americans, we will find you, seize any assets, and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a press conference on the…Open
Oz announced this week his agency shut down 800 hospice centers suspected of being empty, fraudulent shells.
The measure will allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to halt the influx of new providers into categories that have been a key source of fraudulent activity.
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President Donald Trump officially named Vance his "fraud czar" earlier this month, following a series of raids in LA that saw federal authorities target many hospices in the area.
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According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the scheme defrauded California of $267 million using bogus charges to the state's Medicaid program.
The FBI made multiple arrests on Thursday in connection with a Southern California scheme that allegedly stole more than $50 million taxpayer dollars in hospice-related […] Source
The FBI made multiple arrests on Thursday in connection with a Southern California scheme that allegedly stole more than $50 million taxpayer dollars in hospice-related […] Source
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