By Melissa Jampol and George Breen (August 2, 2017, 12:15 PM EDT) -- On July 13, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced to great fanfare its eighth annual national health care fraud "takedown."[1] This "largest ever" "takedown" is not what many might imagine — swat teams of law enforcement agents simultaneously rounding up suspects around the country. Rather, it was a press event at Main Justice in Washington, D.C., that highlighted recent, mostly criminal,[2] actions taken by federal and state authorities on a broad array of health care-related cases. Some of the matters are completely new investigations and prosecutions; while others stem from previously charged criminal cases.[3]...