DOJ Launches West Coast Strike Force to Combat Tech-Driven Health Care Fraud

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division announced on April 30, 2026, the creation of a West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force, a multi-district initiative combining prosecutors from the Fraud Division’s Health Care Fraud Section with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in Arizona, Nevada, and the Northern District of California to target a growing wave of health care fraud in the region. The Strike Force will leverage coordinated, data-driven enforcement alongside partners such as the FBI, HHS-OIG, and DEA to investigate and prosecute sophisticated schemes—particularly those involving technology-enabled fraud, billing abuses, and federal health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid.