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The Fraud Section leads the Criminal Division’s efforts to fight health care fraud by way of the Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program. Since March 2007, this program, currently comprised of 9 strike forces operating in 27 federal districts, has charged more than 5,four hundred defendants who collectively have billed federal health care applications and personal insurers more than $27 billion. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, are taking steps to carry suppliers accountable for his or her involvement in …
