Healthcare Fraud Crackdown

The Justice Department announced charges against 455 people in a nationwide healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims across Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs. The two-week takedown targeted doctors, healthcare professionals and others accused of schemes involving unnecessary procedures, kickbacks, opioid abuse and fraudulent billing across 45 states and U.S. territories. Officials, including Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, framed the cases as a record anti-fraud push under the Trump administration, with authorities also seizing luxury goods such as Ferraris and jewelry. One highlighted case charges Texas doctor Jason Finkelstein, 53, in an $89 million scheme tied to medically unnecessary cardiovascular screenings for college student-athletes, allegedly billed to insurers and rubber-stamped without proper review.