Category: Medicare/Medicaid
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Medicare fraud outrunning enforcement efforts; failures to investigate and more cuts coming
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
Citing massive budget and staff cuts, federal officials are set to scale back or drop a host of investigations into Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse — even though cracking down on government waste and cutting health care costs have been top priorities for the Obama administration. -
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Medicaid cuts top Broward Health’s concerns for the 2013 legislative session
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Health could lose at least $6.5 million a year if Tallahassee lawmakers ignore their pleas not to reduce Medicaid health insurance payments. That’s on top of $179 million the north Broward public hospital system expects to lose to federal cutbacks over the next decade. -
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Broward Health’s liability in federal kickback probe estimated at $100 million
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Health faces $100 million in potential civil liability due to an ongoing federal anti-kickback investigation into whether it submitted false Medicare and Medicaid claims. “We’re looking at, I’ve heard, up to $100 million,” said Broward Health Commissioner David Di Pietro. -
Broward Health believes whistleblower is behind anti-kickback probe; Justice Department involved
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
A whistleblower apparently sparked the ongoing federal anti-kickback inquiry into allegations of false Medicare and Medicaid claims at Broward Health.
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