If you thought the fraud in Minnesota was bad, you have not checked in on what is going on in the Golden State.
According to Fox News, “healthcare fraud in Los Angeles is big business, with taxpayer losses estimated at $3.5 billion.”
One doctor, who does not even live in the state, reveals that his identity was used to file 76,000 claims “on behalf of thousands of patients. Records also link him to 18 hospice providers, which he denies.”
“Between 2021 and 2024, home health agencies linked to this physician, who lives outside of California and is in their 80s, billed nearly $600 million to Medicare, including nearly $210 million in 2024 alone, a 124 percent increase from 2021, with 95 percent of those payments concentrated in Los Angeles County. Beneficiary patient count rose from 9,693 in 2021 to 29,527 for home health agencies associated with this physician.”