DOJ announces $6.5B healthcare fraud takedown with record Medicaid enforcement

Fierce Healthcare – Tuesday, June 23, 2026
By Dave Muoio

The Department of Justice unveiled charges against 455 people, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in healthcare schemes that involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims and other patient harm.

The charges were part of a two-week coordinated fraud takedown headed by the DOJ Criminal Division’s Health Care Strike Force program, but reflects “a whole-of-government approach” that involved the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as international partners, law enforcement said in a press release issued Tuesday.

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