From KERA:
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged 58 people across Texas with health care fraud costing at least $66 million, including “pill mill” schemes involving opioids. Doctors and medical professionals are among those facing charges.
Officials say doctors and pharmacists billed the government for millions of pills using fake IDs.
BIll Zeeble / KERA News
Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, talks of the "massive takedown" of alleged health care fraudsters. She's surrounded by officials from the FBI, DEA, IRS, Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies.
From KERA:
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged 58 people across Texas with health care fraud costing at least $66 million, including “pill mill” schemes involving opioids. Doctors and medical professionals are among those facing charges.