U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that last year's health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts resulted in a record-breaking recovery of nearly $4.1 billion.
Speaking at a morning news conference in Washington on Tuesday, Holder talked about recoveries made by the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT).
"This report reflects unprecedented successes by the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services in aggressively preventing and combating health care fraud, safeguarding precious taxpayer dollars and ensuring the strength of our essential health care programs," Holder said.
Sebelius added, "Fighting fraud is one of our top priorities and we have recovered an unprecedented number of taxpayer dollars. Our efforts strengthen the integrity of our health care programs, and meet the President's call for a return to American values that ensure everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules."
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