Your bank’s been deputized as the front line of healthcare fraud detection. Here’s what that means for you.
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Fraud on Fridays: Operation Gold Rush
A Russian criminal organization allegedly bought dozens of legitimate Medicare-enrolled companies, installed fake owners, and submitted $10.6 billion in fraudulent DME claims. The government stopped almost all of it. Almost.
Fraud on Fridays: Operation Never Say Die
Healthy patients recruited at grocery stores, cash in envelopes, and a fraud ring that didn’t stop even when its ringleader was already sitting in a federal prison.
Fraud on Fridays: Trash, Junk and 12.5 Years
A Texas fraudster ran a wholesale market in fake doctors’ orders, pressured elderly Medicare patients with an offshore call center, then fled before sentencing. The U.S. Marshals had thoughts about that.
Fraud on Fridays: Bonnie and Clyde, M.D.
A husband-and-wife team, expired injections, and 15 years of fraud. This Bonnie and Clyde didn’t rob banks, they robbed their patients.
Fraud on Fridays: It’s What Was in the Goody Bag
Opioids, unnecessary prescriptions, unlicensed interns, and a Goody Bag no patient actually wanted.
Fraud on Fridays: Fraudulent Visas, Kickbacks, and $32 Million in Medicaid Billing
Visa fraud, kickbacks, and Medicaid billing under someone else’s name.
Fraud on Fridays: Doctor Chasing: When Someone Wants to Borrow Your License
A former football player, marketers, and your medical license
Fraud on Fridays: Surgeon Sentenced for Compound Bribes
A surgeon doesn’t get 102 months in federal prison because he “missed a detail.” He gets it because he treated prescribing like a revenue stream instead of a duty.
Fraud on Fridays: Inside Job
Some of the most damaging fraud in medical practices doesn’t come from CMS, payors, or regulators—it comes from trusted employees.