Department Of Justice: Charges Filed In 6 States For Fraud Schemes

Mealey's (April 10, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced April 9 that charges had been filed against 24 individuals in federal courts in California, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas for their roles in health care fraud schemes that involved telemedicine companies inducing elderly patients to ask their physicians for durable medical equipment (DME) that was not medically necessary and then billing Medicare for the products, resulting in $1.2 billion in losses....