Lexology November 20, 2023
At a recent Health Care Compliance Association conference in Washington, D.C., a leader of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force indicated that the healthcare fraud unit at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Fraud Section is planning for “substantial” growth. After a recent realignment, the strike force now operates nine separate strike forces, focused on prosecution of healthcare fraud and prescription opioid abuse. Those strike forces operate in as many as 15 states, and now have national reach with the rapid response strike force, which focuses on large-scale and corporate investigations that span the nation.
The healthcare fraud unit already employs more criminal healthcare prosecutors than many U.S. Attorneys’ offices have attorneys. The Fraud Section coordinates with the Office of Program...
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