Becker's Healthcare July 6, 2022
Andrew Cass

The U.S. Justice Department and HHS brought in more than $5 billion in healthcare fraud settlements in fiscal year 2021, according to a report jointly released by the agencies July 5.

Eight things to know:

1. The departments’ efforts returned almost $1.9 billion to the federal government or paid it out to private individuals.

2. Of that money, about $1.2 billion went to the Medicare trust fund.

3. About $98.7 million in federal Medicaid money was transferred to CMS.

4. The Justice Department opened 831 criminal healthcare fraud cases last year. Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in 462 cases involving 741 defendants. A total of 312...

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