The object of fraudulent activities of American physicians became state health insurance fund Medicare. It is learned that the insurance company received a bill for payment for any medical services that are not actually been provided.
InsuranceIt should be noted that medical services in the U.S. are the most expensive in the world, making the business of the initiative group of very attractive.
To date, counted the total losses caused by criminals - about 300 million U.S. dollars. It should be noted that doctors mostly catered to crooks stratum of the population with middle income countries - the elderly and disabled Americans.
In total, the shadow scheme involved more than 90 health care workers. At the same time a place of their work was not confined to only one state. The composition of groups and individuals included the former USSR. But the lion's share of the participants accounted for natives of Miami (45 physicians, to issue an invoice totaling $ 159 million U.S. dollars).
Moreover, fraudsters have worked in psychiatric hospitals. There are also cases of invoicing for services rendered to patients who died.
A simple ultrasound examination in the states is not less than U.S. $ 500. Given these rates, the scheme has brought profits to its organizers.
According to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, psevdoscheta members of the group provided directly to employees of state insurance companies, not patients.
Of course, such losses could not affect the total mass of the formation of the U.S. budget deficit. For this reason, the budget of health insurance elderly people and disabled people in 2012 will be significantly curtailed.
