The U.S. health care industry is a fraudster's paradise. While the vast majority of the players in the industry are focused on saving lives and improving health care for patients, fraudsters use this goodwill to their benefit. The health care industry is also buoyed by significant government funding—be it through Medicare, Medicaid, or the many grant programs designed to support health systems nationwide. Fraudsters manipulate these programs, and the goodwill associated with them, to steal funds from the government to line their pockets.