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A "Medicare Fraud Strike Force," which started in south Florida, has now expanded across the country to indict more than 300 on fraudulent Medicare billing charges, The Washington Times reports. Officials say the strike force has broken up operations that attempted to defraud Medicare of more than $700 million. "Former U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta, who put a priority on health care fraud ... Full story

Lawyer: Ex-Air Force nurse sped patients’ deaths SAN ANTONIO — A prosecutor has told a court martial that a former Air Force nurse killed three terminally ill patients with excessive medication because they were not dying quickly enough. Capt. Michael Fontana could face life in prison if he is convicted of murder. During closing arguments Saturday at Lackland ... Read more ... Full story