{"id":14138,"date":"2019-09-30T11:51:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T15:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2019-09-30T12:08:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T16:08:23","slug":"doj-arrests-35-in-2-1-billion-medicare-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14138","title":{"rendered":"DOJ arrests 35 in $2.1 billion Medicare scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged 35 people with unlawfully charging Medicare $2.1 billion. These defendants fraudulently billed Medicare for cancer genetic tests. Among those charged are 10 medical professionals, including doctors. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/doj-arrests-35-2-1b-medicare-scam-targeting-seniors-for-fraudulent-genetic-testing\">here\u2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The\u00a0link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; socialsecurityreport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or socialsecurityreport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged 35 people with unlawfully charging Medicare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medical-technology","category-medicare-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14140,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138\/revisions\/14140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}