U.S. Charges 455 People in $6.5 Billion Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Cases

com reported. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department brought the charges over the past two weeks. The cases included billing for services provided to dead patients and predatory skin graft procedures performed on elderly nursing home residents.

A cardiovascular testing company collected $90 million from the government while delivering dangerously negligent care, according to the report. Authorities seized a Rolls-Royce Phantom, a half-million-dollar Ferrari and an $865,000 necklace purchased with fraud proceeds. The crackdown forced the closure of 800 hospice facilities in the Los Angeles area.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. stated the government overhauled its fraud detection system. The new system uses AI-powered analytics to block fraudulent payments before disbursement, replacing a prior approach described as pay first, chase later.