According to a recent article in the Houston Chronicle, almost 200 people in the greater Houston area have been charged with health care fraud in the past seven years and 136 have been convicted. All in all, the convictions account for a staggering $650 million in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing. Clearly, Medicare fraud is a serious problem in Houston, in Texas, and across the country and a number of authorities are cracking down on scammers, from the United States Department of Justice to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).