Dozens of people were arrested on Friday in New York, Detroit, Houston, Baton, and in Miami. It was the nation’s largest Medicare fraud crackdown, and 94 people, including doctors, nurses, clinic owners were charged in scams totaling $251 millions. In some cases elderly russian immigrant received expensive treatments, that never occurred, and in one special [...]
President Obama called on Congress today to avert a 21 percent cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients in his weekly radio address. He also reiterated his commitment to permanent reform of the Medicare physician payment formula. “I realize that simply kicking these cuts down the road another year is not a long-term [...]
Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius today sent a letter to state attorneys general urging them to work with HHS and federal, state and local law enforcement officials to mount a substantial outreach campaign, beginning this summer, to educate seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries about how to [...]
When Roena Hall, 75, received a power wheelchair through Medicare a year ago, it improved her mobility and relieved some of the pain in her back. But she didn’t realize that the medical device would also help save her life. Two weeks ago, as Hall fried fish for lunch in the kitchen of her converted [...]
Miami resident Hans Lobato pleaded guilty today to engaging in a fraudulent medical testing scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). Lobato, 25, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Alan S. Gold in the Southern District of Florida to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. [...]
