Acting Inspector General Juliet T. Hodgkins Remarks on the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown
June 30, 2025
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, alongside key law Federal and State enforcement partners, participated in the historic 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The coordinated nationwide law enforcement action, 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 and exploiting patients and taxpayers.