The Department of Government Efficiency's crackdown on waste, fraud and abuse is off to a fast start. But as an engine of ...

A Claremont man — one half of a couple charged with defrauding Medicaid out of more than $40,000 — has been sentenced to prison time for his role in the scheme, he Attorney General's Office said ...

I graduated from college with a degree in accounting and was living in the Chicago area. I thought I would like to work in a hospital. First I interviewed at the largest hospital in Chicago. Then I ...

A physician from Slidell, La., was charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary cancer genetic tests.

In both cases, I was told that my job would be to find ways to hide money so that the hospital could get larger Medicare reimbursements. This sounded like an epidemic of fraud, so I declined their ...

The U.S. Department of Justice shared the providers agreed to pay to resolve alleged violations arising from their involvement in laboratory kickback schemes.

Team Health Holdings Inc. secured the dismissal of whistleblowers’ claims alleging fraud under the False Claims Act, but must continue to face a retaliation claim, a Michigan federal district court ...

The founders of a Lake Charles medical practice who settled an improper billing claim said a consulting firm was responsible for the alleged Medicare fraud.

Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Feb. 18: 1. A Florida man who owned marketing companies and a durable medical equipment company was convicted for his role ...

The Department of Justice emphasized that the pursuit of uncovering fraud in Medicare and TRICARE illustrates the government's goal of "combating health care fraud," and added that "one of the ...