Fifteen Charged in $10.6 Billion Medicare Fraud Scheme

Key facts

• Fifteen individuals have been charged in a Medicare fraud scheme.
• The alleged Medicare fraud scheme defrauded programs of over $10.6 billion.
• Two pharmacists are among the fifteen individuals charged.
• A Texas doctor has been charged in a separate healthcare fraud scheme.
• The Texas doctor's scheme defrauded insurers of $89 million.
• The doctor is accused of billing for unnecessary cardiovascular tests.
• The doctor allegedly falsely certified test results for college athletes.
• These actions are part of a national federal crackdown on healthcare fraud.

Fifteen individuals have been charged in connection with a sweeping scheme that defrauded Medicare and other health care programs of more than $10.6 billion. The charges were announced as part of a national takedown operation targeting health care fraud. Among those charged are two pharmacists.