This Week in Fraud: The Fraud Division Announced Expansion of Midwest Task Force and Authorization to Hire 15 New Medicaid Prosecutors, an Unprecedented Minnesota Health Care Fraud Takedown, and a $2 Billion Telemedicine Health Care Fraud Scheme

The DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division reported several major developments in a single week, including expanding a Midwest task force, authorizing 15 new Medicaid fraud prosecutor hires, conducting a large-scale healthcare fraud takedown in Minnesota, and advancing charges related to a $2 billion telemedicine fraud scheme. These actions reflect an intensified federal focus on healthcare billing fraud and Medicaid abuse. PT practices that bill government programs should be aware of heightened enforcement activity across multiple fronts.

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