Category: Medicare/Medicaid
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Trump DOJ Memo threatens decades of disability rights protections, tests key Florida rights case
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
To little notice by the nation’s newspapers, the Trump administration recently moved to reverse decades of disability civil rights policy through a Justice Department opinion that signals an apparent sea change in how the executive branch plans to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). -
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 -
Mental health services for Miami-Dade seniors in jeopardy after Florida healthcare agency changes billing practices
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami-Dade senior citizens with mental health illnesses who rely on Medicaid and Medicare to cover their therapy sessions and medications are on the brink of losing their treatment thanks to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. -
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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