Trump’s First Health-Care Fraud Sweep Targets Doctors, Opioids
- Bogus billings cost taxpayers $1.3 billion, Sessions says
- Care providers among more than 400 people charged nationwide
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The U.S. accused more than 400 doctors, caregivers and others nationwide in health-care frauds it says bilked taxpayers of $1.3 billion, as the Trump administration laid down its intention to pursue excessive medical costs, opioid addiction and drug-related crimes.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in an enforcement Thursday, rolled together dozens of long-running investigations by prosecutors across the U.S. that have brought arrests and charges from California to Florida. Prosecutors in those cases have accused health-care providers and others of making fraudulent claims to private insurers and the government.