In a disturbing sign of the times, Medicare this week implemented a change to its claims-processing system that adds two extra digits to money amounts, expanding the fields from eight digits to 10.

A Louisiana medical equipment company owner pleaded guilty to billing over $11 million in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary devices. According to an Aug. 17 news release ...

CONCORD — The former chief medical officer of a New Hampshire hospital has pleaded guilty to scheming to bilk Medicare of $1.9 million, federal prosecutors announced. Steven Powell, 53, who now lives ...

A Porter Ranch physician was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in federal prison for an almost $1.5 million health care fraud scheme arising from false home health certifications and related ...

Federal investigators say a Metairie doctor working in telemedicine submitted $5.6 million in phony claims to Medicare for unnecessary medical equipment and cancer risk testing. Alex Glotser, 36, was ...