WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Thirty-two doctors and healthcare executives were indicted in Houston Wednesday for allegedly billing more than $16 million in false claims.
MIAMI, June 24 (UPI) -- An alleged Medicare fraud ring based in Miami defrauded the government program of $30 million by filing false claims for obsolete HIV therapy, officials say.
WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. government agency says fraud and abuse are partly responsible for a 44 percent increase in Medicare spending on home health services between 2002-2006.
MIAMI, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A Miami doctor was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison Monday for $26.2 million in Medicare fraud.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Medicare officials' boasts of trimming billions of dollars in fraudulent and improper claims are misleading, a U.S. government report says.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- Healthcare experts say the simplicity of defrauding the U.S. Medicare program points to the need for more resources devoted to prevent fraud.
MIAMI, April 2 (UPI) -- The former owner of a Medicare billing service was sentenced to 10 years Wednesday in Miami for her role in a $170 million scheme to defraud the program.
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- Medicare does not do enough to prevent provider fraud, the American Association for Homecare said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. federal investigators are hunting incidents of Medicare fraud, using sophisticated computer technology to determine unusual patterns.
BOSTON, May 18 (UPI) -- A Cape Cod-based doctor has paid out nearly $2 million to settle a Medicare fraud case involving charges of overbilling.
