Medicare Fraud

Cancer Clinic Stole Millions By Giving Patients Diluted Chemo With Old Syringes

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Diluted Chemotherapy, Monica Weeks, Rose Cancer Center, Brittany McCoskey, Cancer Fraud, Medicare, Medicaid, Cancer Center Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Meera Sachdeva, Crime News

JACKSON, Miss. -- An ex-office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors say was a multimillion dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic...

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Medicare Paid $5.6 Billion To Drugstores For Questionable Billings

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: George W. Bush, Prescription Drugs, Drugs, Marilyn Tavenner, Medicare, Jodi Nudelman, Health and Human Services, Medicare Fraud, Barack Obama, Video, Crime News

WASHINGTON — It would take a mighty big pill box to hold them. A pharmacy in Kansas billed Medicare for more than 1,000 prescriptions each for ...

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Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers Charged In Historic Medicare Bust

AP | KELLI KENNEDY and PETE YOST | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Video, Medicare Fraud Crackdown, Crime, National Medicare Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Doctors Fraud, Nurses Fraud, Social Workers Fraud, Business News

MIAMI -- Federal authorities charged 107 doctors, nurses and social workers in seven cities with Medicare fraud Wednesday in a nationwide crackdown on...

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Grandmother Undercover: Busting Medicare Fraud

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Texas, Video, Brian Ross, Undercover Investigation, Fbi, ABC News, Medicare, Investigative Journalism, Medicare Fraud, Fifty News

Could home healthcare companies be costing you hundreds and thousands each month? According to ABC News, an estimated 10 percent of the Medicare budge...

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Beth Israel Admits To 'Turbocharging' Medicare Patients

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Video, Beth Israel Medical Center Fraud, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Beth Israel Medical Center, Ny News, New York News

NEW YORK -- Beth Israel Medical Center has admitted that it fraudulently increased fees for services to Medicare patients in order to receive millions...

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Feds Recover Record Number Of Health Care Fraud Judgments

AP | By KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Video, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Kathleen Sebelius, Health Care Fraud, Health Care, Eric Holder, Politics News

MIAMI -- Federal authorities say they recovered $4.1 billion in health care fraud judgments last year, a record high which officials on Monday credite...

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Jeb Bush Lobbied For Medicare Con Man

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Jeb Bush personally lobbied the secretary of health and human services while his father was vice president on behalf of a hospital execu...

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Did A San Francisco Private Equity Firm Swindle Millions From Medicare?

| Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Aseracare Hospice, Aseracare Hospice Medicare Fraud, Fillmore Capital Partners Medicare Fraud, Medicare Fraud Sf, Fillmore Capital Partners, Medicare Fraud, Medicare Fraud San Francisco, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung A national for-profit hospice care company partially owned by a San Fran...

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Shell Games: Phantom Firms Bleed Millions From Medicare

www.reuters.com | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Fraud, Financial Fraud, Special Report, Shell Company, Reuters, Medicare Fraud Cost, Shell Companies, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Fifty News

MIAMI/ATLANTA (Reuters) - By the time authorities busted a fake AIDS clinic in Miami, it had bilked Medicare of more than $4.5 million. Still, the man...

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Justice Department Announces Good News

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Tony West, Department of Justice, Whistleblowers, Video, Doj, Justice Department, Attorney General Eric Holder, Eric Holder, Justice Department Fraud Recovery, Fraud Recovery, Medicare Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Assistant Attorney General Tony West, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department reported Monday that it has recovered nearly $9 billion in fraud against the government since the beginning ...

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Local Hospital Bills Patient For Rare Condition She Was Never Treated For

| Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Shasta Regional Medical Center, Medicare Fraud California, Darlene Courtois, Prime Healthcare Fraud, Prime Healthcare California, Medicare Fraud, Shasta Regional Hospital, Kwashiorkor, Darlene Courtois Medicare, Prime Healthcare, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams SHINGLETOWN – As far as Medicare knew, Darlene Courtois fell ill last...

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How Medicare Fraud Is Costing U.S. Billions

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Medicare Fraud, Investigators, Providers, Medical, Miami News, Miami News

MIAMI — Private contractors that are supposed to guard against Medicare fraud paid claims submitted in the names of dead providers or for unnece...

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White House Cuts Nearly All Presidential Dollar Coin Production

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Video, Presidential Coins, Percocet, Oxycontin, The United States Mint, Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Justice Department, Medicare Fraud, Vice President Joe Biden, Presidential $1 Coin Act, The White House, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The presidential dollar coin has fallen victim to Washington's cost cutting efforts. The White House said Tuesday it is stopping nearly...

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Man Admits To Fraud In Erectile Pump Case

AP | By LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 01.17.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An Illinois man pleaded guilty in Rhode Island on Thursday to charges he shipped unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients as ...

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Problems Persist With Contractors Paid To Ferret Out Medicare Fraud

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Coburn, Medicare Fraud Contractors, Fraud Hot Spots, Medicare Fraud Cost, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Malcolm Sparrow, Health and Human Services, Medicare Fraud, Tom Carper, Business News

MIAMI — Contractors paid tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to detect fraudulent Medicare claims are using inaccurate and inconsistent data th...

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Whistleblower Suit Alleges Lab Company Cheats Medicare, Costs Billions

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Labcorp, Quest, Laboratory Corporation of America, Whistleblower, Quest Suit, False Claims Act, LabCorp Suit, Andrew Baker, Pull-Through, Huntingdon Life Services, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Healthy Living News

President Obama recently announced plans to cut $320 billion in Medicare and Medicaid costs, but one whistleblower says to cut costs, the government s...

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Prosecutors: Man Shipped Unwanted Penis Pumps To Diabetes Patients In Medicare Scam

AP | LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Garry Winner Medicare Fraud, Erectile Pumps, Penis Pumps Diabetes Patients, Gary Winner, Gary Winner Penis Pumps, Medicare Fraud, Penis Enlargement, Erectile Pump Scam, Chicago News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An Illinois man plans to plead guilty in Rhode Island to charges he shipped unwanted "erectile pumps" to diabetes patients as...

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Will President Obama Save Medicare?

Rosemary Gibson | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Treatment Trap, Overtreatment, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, President Obama, Politics News

President Obama can save Medicare without putting the burden on older Americans. And yes, it is possible to have great health care in America if Medicare is a good steward of the money the public has entrusted to it.

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After banned from Medicare, podiatrist bills $1M for fake care, including double-amputee's feet

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Fraud, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Iwatch News, Politics News

By Ben Wieder, iWatch News July 13, 2011, 6:00 a.m.Medicare says it wasn't its responsibility to keep tabs on a Maryland podiatrist who was ban...

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Who Is Responsible For Health Care Fraud?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare Fraud, Doctors Medicare Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Health Care Fraud Doctors, Doctors Involved in Medicare Fraud, Home News

The cynic in me tells me that corporate profits and CEO pay would increase. However, we do need to protect our patients from unnecessary testing and surgery that detracts from the high ethical standards of the medical professional.

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Massive Nationwide Medicare Bust

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare Fraud Charges, Medicare Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Health Care, $225 Million Medicare Scams, Doctors, Nurses, Therapists Arrested for Medicare Fraud, 111 Charged in Medicare Scams, Home News

MIAMI — Federal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud Thursday, part of a...

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Why Not Cap Malpractice Premiums or Insurance Company Profits Rather Than Victim Awards?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Paul Gingrey, Medial Malpractice, Medicare Fraud, Medical Malpractice Caps, Lawyer Contingency Agreements, Malpractice Insurance, Excessive Jury Awards, Home News

There is debate as to whether "frivolous" medical malpractice awards have any effect on national health care costs. Under what other circumstances would we punish persons who have legitimate claims because others have filed frivolous ones?

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Baby Boomers Fear Outliving Medicare, New Poll Suggests

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Health, Medicare, Baby Boomers and Medicare, Medicare Cuts, Medicare Bill, Medicare Fraud, Home News

WASHINGTON — The first baby boomers will be old enough to qualify for Medicare Jan. 1, and many fear the program's obituary will be written befo...

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Why Aren't Big Pharma Execs Ever Punished?

David Callahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicaid Fraud, Medicare Fraud, Cheating, Pharmaceutical Companies, Ig Pharma, Drugs, Medicaid, Medicare, Business News

It is bizarre that the specific individuals who perpetrate these criminal schemes are nearly never held responsible. The latest slap on the wrist for Big Pharma this week shows that nothing has changed.

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Health Reform Gifts for Your Holiday Season

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare, Alzheimers Disease, Rural Physicians, Medicare-Donut-Hole, Medicare Fraud, Health Information Technology, Malpractice Reform, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News

There are many changes going on in the health care system at this very moment, and you may not hear much about them -- in fact, you probably won't -- but these changes are ultimately going to improve health care delivery.

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