Kings County District Attorney Collaborates with USDOJ, USHHS, and NYC Human Resources Administration to Prosecute Provider Doctor Charged With Overcharging Medicaid and Medicare Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind collaboration, where local prosecutors and city agencies team up with the federal Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the United States Attorney's Office, to investigate and prosecute doctors and pharmacists who commit fraud against Medicaid and Medicare. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office will combine its efforts with those of Loretta E. Lynch, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary for Health and Human Services; Daniel Levinson, Inspector General for HHS; Robert Doar, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration; and James Sheehan, HRA's Chief Integrity Officer.

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