Medicare Set Aside News - Healthcare Fraud Prevention Efforts Result in Recoveries of Over $4.1 Billion

Health Care Fraud Prevention And Enforcement Efforts Result In Record-Breaking Recoveries Totaling Nearly $4.1 Billion

Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on 2/14/12 released a new report showing that the government's health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. This is the highest annual amount ever recovered from individuals and companies who attempted to defraud seniors and taxpayers or who sought payments to which they were not entitled, including Medicare Set Asides.

Click here for the full report from the Department of Health and Human Services.