President Donald Trump’s decision this week to commute the 35-year sentence of a Miami woman convicted of defrauding Medicare came amid a 13-year effort by the Justice Department to combat serious health-care fraud.
Since 2007, a DOJ task force has been dedicated to rooting out doctors or clinicians who file false or inflated claims to federal health programs. The program recoups millions in taxpayer money each year.
Trump commuted the sentence of Judith Negron, who was convicted on 24 counts of defrauding Medicare through her mental health care business. She declined a plea deal and in 2011 was convicted by ...
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