Category: Department of Health and Human 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
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Broward spine surgeon and device company owner charged in kickback scheme
By Fred Schulte
Kaiser Health News
A Broward orthopedic surgeon and designer of costly spinal surgery implants was arrested Tuesday and charged with paying millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes to surgeons who agreed to use his company’s devices. -
No one’s a winner in Miami home eviction ordered during brief lull in pandemic moratorium
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A Miami woman says her landlord took advantage of a brief pause in the national eviction moratorium to force her out of her home illegally. -
Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products
By Fred Schulte
FloridaBulldog.org -
Humana health plan overcharged Medicare by nearly $200 million, federal audit finds
By Fred Schulte
Kaiser Health News
A Humana Inc. health plan for seniors in Florida improperly collected nearly $200 million in 2015 by overstating how sick some patients were, according to a new federal audit, which seeks to claw back the money.
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