Federal prosecutors have charged 19 people in connection with an alleged home health care fraud operation that investigators say extracted more than $4 million from taxpayer-funded health care programs.
The cases were announced Tuesday as the U.S. Department of Justice expanded its Northeast Health Care Fraud Strike Force into Philadelphia. The move puts additional federal resources behind efforts to uncover fraudulent activity in one of the country’s largest Medicaid markets.
According to prosecutors, those charged include home health care business owners, employees, home health aides and Medicaid recipients. Authorities allege the defendants participated in several schemes involving false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medical or personal care services that were never delivered—or could not possibly have been provided as claimed.
