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Experts Call For Greater Crackdown On Medicare Fraud

Efforts to crack down on Medicare fraud heat up while some experts say more should be done. Reuters reports that the “The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services launched a special strike force in Miami in 2007 to combat Medicare fraud in South Florida and similar units have been set up in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.

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Authorities Crackdown On Major Medicare Fraud In Detroit

Fifty-three people were indicted in a major Medicare fraud crackdown in Detroit yesterday, just one day after eight were charged in a similar case in Miami. The Wall Street Journal: “the two separate cases, a joint effort by the Justice Department and the Health and the Human Services Department, reflect a pickup in the government’s pace in combating Medicare fraud.

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