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DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division Focuses on Government Program Fraud: What Recipients of Federal Funds Need to...

FinCEN Targets $17.5 Billion in Suspected Health Care Fraud

On September 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has identified approximately $17.5 billion in suspiciou...

7 Medicare Fraud Red Flags Seniors Should Watch for After CMS Blocked $1.6 Billion in Payments

Medicare fraud can begin with something that doesn’t feel particularly dangerous: a phone call about a “free” genetic test, an unexpected package containing medical equipment,...

One Fraud Division, Many Enforcement Questions: What DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division Means for Companies

The US Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) published a final rule on August 18, 2026 (Final Rule) formalizing the National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division) establi...

The False Claims Act Takes Center Stage in the Trump Administration’s Anti-Fraud Strategy

Feds Charge 15 in Nearly $2 Billion Los Angeles Health Care Fraud Takedown

by Rich Mitchell at CDN - The Justice Department says the cases include a $1.6 billion sham addiction-treatment scheme, the largest of its kind it has ever prosecuted, plus bogus...

Did Medicare Pay for a Test You Never Received? CMS’s Latest Fraud Crackdown Gives You a Reason to Look

When your Medicare Summary Notice arrives, it’s easy to glance at the amount you owe and ignore everything Medicare paid behind the scenes. CMS’s latest...

DOJ’s Fraud Division and HHS-OIG Streamline Self-Disclosure of Criminal Healthcare Fraud

Trump Admin Blocks $1.6 Billion in Potentially Fraudulent Medicare Lab Bills

By Naveen Athrappully Enforcement actions carried out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have stopped over $1.6 billion in potentially improper Medicare lab...

15 Charged in $1.8 Billion Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Federal prosecutors say the defendants, six of them medical professionals, ran sham rehab programs that preyed on vulnerable individuals, performed unnecessary artery procedures an...

Man Pleads Guilty In $6 Million Medicare Scheme: How To Spot And Avoid These Scams

THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2026 — A Massachusetts man has admitted to helping launder money from a scheme that billed Medicare more than $6 million for knee and back braces patients didn’t...

Did Medicare Pay for a Test You Never Received? A New Fraud Crackdown Gives Seniors a Reason to Look

When was the last time you checked whether every laboratory test appearing on your Medicare claims was one you actually received? That question suddenly carries...

False Claims Act Roundup Series: Q2 2026 – Federal and State Agencies Use Data to Operationalize Enforcement

This Amounts to Fraud by Design

$17.5 Billion in Suspected Health Care Fraud Uncovered by Treasury

The check fraud pattern costing agencies money every week

The fraud risk the industry is least equipped to handle, and the payments reality most people in insurance have wrong

Maryland Sues Optum and UnitedHealth Group Over Alleged $126 Million Medicaid Fraud: The Backlash is Coming for Provider...

DOJ’s Newest Division Takes on the “Fraud Epidemic” with Aggressive New Tactics

Wound Care Fraud Investigation Defense: What Targeted Providers Need to Know

DOJ Corporate Fraud Enforcement Memo: What Health Care Companies Need to Know Now

Dishonest Dems pan efforts to stop Obamacare fraud

Chris Bray writes for the Federalist about partisan reaction to Trump administration efforts to reduce fraud. Brokers get a commission for selling insurance, and that’s equally tru...

DOJ Fraud Division Orders Broader, Faster Enforcement

On October 7, 2026, Colin M. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, issued a memorandum highlighting the Fraud Di...

Trump admin blocks over $1.6B in potentially fraudulent Medicare lab payments: CMS

The CMS Fraud Defense Operations Center has also accounted for more than $371 million in Medicare suspended payments involving 267 providers and suppliers since Jan. 1, the agency...

Medicare Fraud Prevention Is Getting a $226,000 Boost—Here’s What It Could Mean for Beneficiaries

Medicare beneficiaries could see expanded fraud alerts, improved smartphone tools, and new technology-based outreach under additional federal funding announced for the Senior Medic...