Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services Announce Record-Breaking Recoveries Resulting From Joint Efforts to Combat Health Care Fraud

Government Teams Recovered $4.2 Billion in FY 2012

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that for every dollar spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations in the last three years, the government recovered $7.90.  This is the highest three-year average return on investment in the 16-year history of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse (HCFAC) Program.

The government’s…