A total of 91 people, including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, were charged in connection with a Medicare false-billing scheme costing about $295 million.

A new task force combining the efforts of federal, state and local officials to combat health care fraud in Southwest Virginia has been formed.

Touting the nearly $3 billion federal anti-fraud efforts brought into federal coffers last year, government officials say the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will do even more to assist in fighting additional fraud and waste.

Fifty-three people in three states were indicted as part of a scheme to submit more than $50 million in false Medicare claims in an ongoing effort by federal authorities to …  Read →

In an effort to prevent the continued loss of billions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services are teaming …  Read →