DOJ Launches West Coast Strike Force Targeting Health Care Fraud

The Justice Department aims to address health care fraud in Arizona, Nevada, and the San Francisco area.

Vice President JD Vance speaks as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz listens at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on Feb. 25, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Justice Department has created a West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force targeting health care fraud in Arizona, Nevada, and the San Francisco area in Northern California.

The multi-district enforcement effort will bring together the department’s Health Care Fraud Section with U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the District of Arizona, District of Nevada, and Northern District of California, the Justice Department announced April 30.