Medicaid Fraud

The two-week operation uncovered more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers, according to the Department of Justice. Florida had 36 people listed as defendants, including 26 federal cases and 10 in state courts.

Florida is now the fifth state to be identified for what the administration says is fraud, waste and abuse within the Medicaid program.

The state Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) will roll out a GPS tracking pilot program as part of its effort to crack down on Medicaid fraud.…

In what the U.S. Department of Justice described as an "unprecedented nationwide sweep," more than 100 people in Florida have been charged with crimes...