US-POLITICS-JUSTICE-HEALTHCARE-FRAUD

Matthew R. Galeotti (C), Head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks as Mehmet Oz (L), Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Acting Inspector General Juliet T. Hodgkins (R), Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, look on during a press conference on health care fraud enforcement at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on June 30, 2025. The Justice Department today announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals, in 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General's Offices across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes involving over $14.6 billion in intended loss. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)