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DOJ files charges against 18 in COVID health care fraud crackdown

Posted On: Apr. 25, 2023 10:19 AM CST

The Department of Justice announced April 20 that the agency has charged 18 defendants, including doctors and testing suppliers, in the largest-yet enforcement action against COVID-19 health care fraud schemes that resulted in over $490 million in false federal billing, Healthcare Dive reports. The enforcement comes after federal pandemic-related health care subsidies spurred the DOJ to create a COVID-19 fraud task force agency in May 2021 to crack down on industry fraud.