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California substance abuse treatment scheme billed insurers $1.6B: Justice Department

By Ella Ruder 1 min read

Federal prosecutors charged four defendants in an alleged substance abuse treatment fraud scheme involving over $1.6 billion in billings to private insurers for sham treatment, the largest case of its kind the Justice Department has ever prosecuted. The case was part of a broader Los Angeles-area healthcare fraud takedown that resulted in charges against 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, in schemes involving over $1.8 billion in fraudulent claims to public and private insurance programs, according to an Oct. 22 press release from the Justice Department. Eight defendants were arrested… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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