U.S. Charges Hundreds in Nationwide Health-Care Fraud Sweep

The U.S. charged more than 400 doctors and others in a nationwide sweep against health-care fraud that cost taxpayers $1.3 billion, in part through bogus drug-treatment programs that contributed to the country’s opioid epidemic, the Justice Department said. The takedown, which Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday was the largest in U.S. history, charged doctors and other health-care providers with crimes including money laundering and fraudulent claims to private insurers and the government. Many were accused of prescribing opioids and other narcotics and then illegally billing Medicaid and Medicare. -- More...