Record Numbers for Medicare Fraud Task Force Prosecutions in 2013

By Theresa C. Carnegie

On January 27, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing that its Medicare Fraud Task Force had “set record numbers for health care prosecutions in Fiscal Year 2013.”  DOJ specifically reported that “the strike force set records in the number of cases filed (137), individuals charged (345), guilty pleas secured (234), and jury trial convictions (46).”  DOJ also noted that defendants sentenced in FY 2013 faced an average of 52 months in prison.  

For a substantive discussion of the health care enforcement efforts of DOJ and its law enforcement partners in 2013, please read the special alert from Mintz Levin's Health Care Enforcement Defense Practice that provides insight on the most important trends and takeaways from 2013's health care enforcement activities.

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Theresa advises clients on all aspects of the pharmaceutical supply chain, including counseling industry stakeholders on a range of business, legal, transactional, and compliance matters. She provides clients with strategic counseling and creative business modeling that considers legal restrictions and regulatory risk in light of innovation and business goals.