Feds recoup billions in health care fraud cases

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According to USA Today, whistle-blowers helped federal agents recover this record-breaking amount in health care fraud judgements.

USA Today: $2.5 Billion Recovered In Health Care Fraud Cases
Federal agents recovered $2.5 billion from health care fraud judgments in the budget year that ended in September, a record-breaking amount they credit to whistle-blowers and a renewed effort from the Obama administration (Kennedy, 1/24).


http://www.kaiserhealthnews.orgThis article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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