http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A highly touted new system designed to stop fraudulent Medicare payments before they are paid has saved about $115 million and spurred more than 500 investigations since it was launched in 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-medicare-fraud-mil.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:20:01 EST news274719845 (AP)—A federal strike force has charged 91 people, including doctors and nurses, in seven cities with Medicare fraud schemes involving $429 million in false billings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-feds-people-429m-medicare-fraud.html Health Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:34:38 EST news268580057 (AP) -- Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-doctor-medicare-scheme.html Health Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:56:09 EST news249742562 (AP) -- Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-accused-375m-medicare-medicaid-fraud.html Health Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:18:53 EST news249711526 US authorities have charged 91 people over some $295 million in alleged fraud schemes related to Medicare, the government-run health program for seniors, the Justice Department said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-health-fraud-cases.html Other Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:49:39 EST news234676164