U.S. to announce action in $2.6 billion health care fraud -statement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department will on Wednesday announce results of a nationwide health care fraud and opioid enforcement action against 87 people in 14 districts involving more than $2.6 billion in fraud, the department said in a statement.

The announcement will take place at 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) at department headquarters, it said. The case involved law enforcement officials from the Justice Department’s fraud division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Andrew Heavens)