Dec 09
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Medicare Strike Force Expands to Tampa, Brooklyn and Baton Rouge
Medicare Strike Force Expands
The Department of Health and Human Services announced today that it is expanding operation of its successful Medicare Strike Force to Tampa, Florida, Brooklyn, New York and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The announcement came simultaneously with announcemnt that Continuing Strike Force Operations has Lead to Indictment of 30 Individuals Charged in Miami, Detroit and Brooklyn with more than $61 Million in Fraudulent Billing to Medicare.
Strike Force activities in Miami and in Detroit have been successful in uncovering schemes involving physical therapy, home health and infusion services. Several more co-conspirators in th Detroit $18.2 therapy scam operation pled guilty last week including licensed physical therapists who recieved compensation for falsifiying thrapy plans of care according to an FBI Press Release.
