Category: Issues
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Embattled Broward Health paid law firm $10.2 million; Tab included a lawyer’s M&Ms
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer-supported Broward Health has paid $10.2 million so far for legal advice about how to deal with an ongoing federal investigation into allegations that it colluded with doctors to submit tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims to Medicare and Medicaid. -
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How much is your arm worth? Depends on where you work
By by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, and Howard Berkes, NPR
Their injuries, suffered on the job at Southern industrial plants, were remarkably similar, too. Each man lost a portion of his left arm in a machinery accident. After that, though, their paths couldn’t have diverged more sharply. -
Weston teacher faces discipline for alleged slur to Muslim student
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Cypress Bay High School French teacher could lose her job after allegedly calling a Muslim student a “rag-head Taliban.” -
The tragic story of Josh Stein: A sick tortoise, an urge to help and a fatal trip through Broward’s Felony Mental Health Court
By Broward Public Defenders
FloridaBulldog.org
Josh Stein, a mentally troubled man of 38, died of an apparent accidental drug overdose the day after Christmas. Broward’s elected public defender, Howard Finkelstein, says Stein’s death can be traced to anxiety and stress caused by “cattle car justice” meted out in Broward’s Felony Mental Health Court. -
Embattled nonprofit Plaza Health Network sells property, insider pockets millions
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
When nonprofit Miami-Dade nursing home operator Plaza Health Network sold a prime slice of Miami Beach real estate for $13.6 million last spring, its board chairman, Russell Galbut, collected more than $3 million for himself and his real estate company, Crescent Heights, according to company documents reviewed by FloridaBulldog.org. -
Humana facing new federal scrutiny over private Medicare plans
By Fred Schulte
Center for Public Integrity
Giant health insurer Humana, Inc. faces new scrutiny from the Justice Department over allegations it has overcharged the government by claiming some elderly patients enrolled in its popular Medicare plans are sicker than they actually are.
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