Category: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Sen. Rick Scott talks Medicare fraud; no, not his ex-company’s Medicare fraud
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-FL, knows a thing or two about Medicare fraud. He built and ran Columbia/HCA, the huge hospital company that’s become synonymous with mega-healthcare fraud since it was forced to pay $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil restitution in the early 2000s. -
Miami pharma exec, a big Republican donor, agrees to pay up to $50 million to settle Medicaid civil fraud charges
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org -
Publix: Where political giving to DeSantis helped get no-bid COVID vaccine business
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
By partnering with Publix to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens, Gov. Ron DeSantis handed the Lakeland-based grocery chain a lucrative new business that has charged millions of dollars to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. -
Fraud and billing mistakes cost Medicare – and taxpayers – tens of billions last year
By Fred Schulte /b>
Kaiser Health News
Federal health officials made more than $16 billion in improper payments to private Medicare Advantage health plans last year and need to crack down on billing errors by the insurers, a top congressional auditor testified Wednesday. -
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More Medicare Advantage audits in South Florida and elsewhere reveal overcharges
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
Government audits just released as the result of a lawsuit detail widespread billing errors in private Medicare Advantage health plans going back years, including overpayments of thousands of dollars a year for some patients.
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