Becker's Healthcare July 1, 2024
The Justice Department charged 193 people, including 76 physicians, for their alleged roles in fraud schemes nationwide.
In a June 27 news release, the Justice Department said the charges include more than $900 million fraud scheme connected to amniotic wound grafts and more than $1.1 billion in telemedicine and lab fraud. The charges also covered $450 million in other healthcare fraud and opioid schemes.
In the instance involving the amniotic wound grafts, physicians allegedly used amniotic wound grafts unnecessarily for Medicare beneficiaries “without coordination with the patients’ treating physicians...
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