Most fraud is perpetrated by health care providers. Doctors, pharmacists, chiropractors, dentists, transportation providers, nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare providers commit the largest frauds, because they can. Providers can bill Medicaid, Medicare and insurance for huge amounts and get paid. Patients don’t have the same ability to rip off these programs.

See Who Steals for a description of what motivates people to steal money through healthcare fraud.

See Fraud Cases for articles about fraud cases by various kinds of providers.