Fraud in the News - 2010 |
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Medicare fraud: whack-a-mole (The Economist, 8/12/10)
Clinic operator sentenced for $2M Medicare fraud (BusinessWeek, 8/12/10)
Diana Williamson, acclaimed Harlem AIDS doctor, charged in $1M Oxycodone pill ring (New York Daily News, 8/12/10)
Fraud: Cardiologist billed Medicare, other insurers $13M for untreated patients (Fierce Healthcare, 8/12/10)
Kansas attorney general reports record amount of money recovered (Lawrence Journal-World, 8/11/10)
Burr Ridge doctor gets 5 years for insurance fraud (Chicago Tribune, 8/11/10)
Medicare’s private eyes let fraud cases get cold (Associated Press, 8/8/10)
Man accused of HIV Medicare fraud pleads guilty (Miami Herald, 8/7/10)
Recovered Medicaid funds sent to state (Baton Rouge Advocate, 8/5/10)
Miami-Dade brothers plead guilty to Medicare fraud (Miami Herald, 8/3/10)
Ex-South Miami-Dade clinic owners get prison time for Medicare fraud (Miami Herald, 7/31/10)
Five plead guilty in massive Medicare fraud (South Florida Business Journal, 7/30/10)
A $20 million difference (Baltimore Sun, 7/27/10)
Four sentenced in HIV Medicare fraud cases (South Florida Business Journal, 7/23/10)
Maryland recovers nearly $26.5 million in Medicaid fraud (Washington Examiner, 7/23/10)
Medicare corruption gusher worsens (Miami Herald, 7/17/10)
Medicaid fraud settled for $27 million (Miami Herald, 7/21/10)
Newton man arrested in Medicaid kickback scheme (Boston Herald, 7/20/10)
Health secretary addresses concerns about Medicare at Irving senior center (Dallas Morning News, 7/22/10)
Hushin’ Russian in Brooklyn med ‘fraud’ (New York Post, 7/17/10)
Feds charge 94 Medicare fraud suspects in Miami, other cities (Miami Herald, 7/16/10)
In Fla., data mining to mitigate Medicaid fraud (Modern Healthcare, 7/16/10)
$251 million Medicare fraud crackdown (Wall Street Journal, 7/16/10)
Magnitude of Medicare fraud in South Florida grows (Miami Herald, 7/14/10)
4 years in prison over Houston wheelchair fraud (Houston Chronicle, 7/13/10)
Lawsuit claims orthopedic surgeons overbilled Medicare (Wall Street Journal, 7/8/10)
State beefing up enforcement on Medicaid fraud (Miami Herald, 7/7/10)
Maryland pharmacist sentenced for healthcare fraud (The Hill, 7/6/10)
Idaho recovers more than $100,000 in Medicaid fraud (Examiner, 7/6/10)
Don’t buy fake health insurance (CNN Money, 7/6/10)
Massage therapist gets prison time for fraud (Dallas Morning News, 7/2/10)
Woman pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud (Chicago Tribune, 7/2/10)
Mass. Lab charged with defrauding Medicaid (Boston Herald, 7/2/10)
Perryville woman pleads guilty to Medicare fraud at nursing home (KFVS, 6/29/10)
The new fraud offensive (Modern Healthcare, 6/28/10)
Whistleblower’s complaint puts spotlight on South Broward Hospital District (Miami Herald, 6/27/10)
Ind. Doctor charged with illegal drug distribution (Chicago Tribune, 6/17/10)
Investigators shift focus to block Medicare fraud (Boston Globe, 6/15/10)
‘No English’ fraud defense (New York Post, 6/15/10)
Key cuts to healthcare waste saves $3.6 trillion (Reuters, 6/14/10)
Father-daughter chiropractors admit to health care fraud (WRAL.com, 6/10/10)
Newark adult day care is ordered to pay $5.6M for submitting false Medicaid claims (New Jersey Star-Ledger, 6/9/10)
Cochlear maker accused of kickbacks to pay $880k (Associated Press, 6/9/10)
In Md., Obama warns against Medicare fraud (Baltimore Sun, 6/8/10)
Laptops stolen from Veterans Affairs, N.M., Medicaid contractors were unencrypted (FierceHealthcare, 5/18/10)
Judge backs Medicare’s revocation of billing rights (Boston Globe, 5/19/10)
State warns against Medicaid fraud (Asheville Citizen-Times, 6/8/10)
Pair indicted in fraudulent Medicare billing (Baton Rouge Advocate, 6/5/10)
$4-million settlement in pacemaker kickback case (Los Angeles Times, 6/4/10)
Houston-area doctor, drivers convicted in health care scam (Houston Chronicle, 6/3/10)
Cuomo bites $5 ‘medi-scammers’ (New York Post, 6/3/10)
Psychologist gives up license (Health News Florida, 6/2/10)
Las Vegas health worker to pay $15,300 in Medicaid fraud case (Las Vegas Sun, 6/2/10)
Counselor pleads guilty to $1M Medicare fraud (Houston Chronicle, 6/1/10)
Medicare scam: Elderly woman billed for pregnancy test, semen analysis – and prostate exams (NY Daily News, 6/1/10)
Feds probe alleged fraud at UT Southwestern, Parkland (Dallas Morning News, 5/30/10)
Texas ambulance owner sentenced to prison for over $1 million in false Medicare and Medicaid claims (New York Examiner, 5/30/10)
Maserati owner arrested in welfare fraud sweep (Los Angeles Times, 5/28/10)
Podiatrist must serve time, pay $691,000 in restitution (Houston Chronicle, 5/28/10)
Blues companies anti-fraud efforts boost savings (ModernHealthcare, 5/27/10)
Former doctor imprisoned 16 years for phony organ transplant scam (Syracuse Post-Standard, 5/27/10)
Overbilled? States pay anyway (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, 5/26/10)
$15M SoCal Medicare fraud case ends after 6 years (Mercury News, 5/26/10)
3 Sacramento area residents named in Medicare-fraud indictment (The Sacramento Bee, 5/25/10)
DHS fails a key test of fiscal credibility (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, 5/25/10)
Doctor gets a year in prison for Mingo-Wayne pill ring (The Charleston Gazette, 5/25/10)
Fresno woman sentenced in wheelchair scheme (The Business Journal, 5/25/10)
11 people charged in Medicare scam (ModernHealthcare, 5/25/10)
Weslaco man sentenced to prison for ambulance scam (The Monitor, 5/25/10)
Couple charged with running unlicensed facilities (Sarasota Herald Tribune, 5/25/10)
Brooklyn Park man faces more charges in Medicaid case (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, 5/24/10)
Houston-area man admits bilking Medicare for $600,000 (Houston Chronicle, 5/20/10)
New U.S. attorney ready to confront a ‘mosaic of crime’ (Miami Herald, 5/18/10)
U.S. agents search for dangerous foreign drugs in mail (Miami Herald, 5/14/10)
Va. Authorities seek man tied to Medicaid billing scam (Washington Post, 5/19/10)
Hospital to pay $350,000 for overcharging Medicare (Miami Herald, 5/18/10)
Nine hospitals pay $9.4 million in Medicare fraud settlements (Fierce Healthcare, 5/18/10)
Man who fleeced Medicare gets 12 years (Miami Herald, 5/15/10)
Stepped-up Medicare fraud enforcement snags $2.5B (Associated Press, 5/14/10)
Reform law calls for use of new technology to fight Medicare fraud (iHealthBeat, 5/14/10)
Orange County cancer doctor pleads guilty in $1-million Medicare fraud (Los Angeles Times, 5/14/10)
Miami clinic owner charged with $23M fraud (South Florida Business Journal, 5/14/10)
Sebelius, Holder: New health reform law will help prevent medical fraud (Kaiser Health News, 5/13/10)
Look for ZPICS to be tougher on Medicare fraud and abuse (Fierce HealthFinance, 5/12/10)
Medical fraud expert: ‘Unless you’re very, very aggressive, you’re going to lose a lot of money’ (Kaiser Health News, 5/12/10)
Plea deal in Jackson Memorial patient records theft case questioned (Miami Herald, 5/12/10)
Ex-U.S. attorney to speak on corruption (Miami Herald, 5/12/10)
Letter prompts state Medicaid fraud investigation (WRAL.com, 5/11/10)
Feds nab fugitive charged with Medicare fraud (Miami Herald, 5/11/10)
Medicare HIV-therapy fraudster may get 10 years (Miami Herald, 5/6/10)
Voice recognition may fight Fla. Medicaid fraud (Miami Herald, 5/5/10)
Doctor sentenced to 1 year in prison for $1 million fraud (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/5/10)
FIU, Miami-Dade Health Department to join forces (Miami Herald, 5/5/10)
Houston man indicted in Medicare fraud through Pa. firm (Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/3/10)
Health care fraud (Fox 11 News, LA, 5/3/10)
Espada hit with Medicaid-fraud probe (New York Post, 5/2/10)
Brooklyn couple lives royally, scams $59G in Medicaid benefits (NY Daily News, 4/28/10)
Medicaid fraud investigators recover $2.8M for NC (Asheville Citizen-Times, 4/28/10)
Miami speech pathologist accused of Medicaid fraud (Miami Herald, 4/28/10)
Two more defendants sentenced in Medicare fraud schemes (Washington Examiner, 4/27/10)
Fight to prevent Medicare fraud turns violent (ABC World News, 4/26/10)
Prison ordered for doc at fraudulent clinic in Southfield (Detroit Free Press, 4/26/10)
Doctor duo gives up $44M in fraud plea (Houston Chronicle, 4/26/10)
Health reform gives old scam new angle (Kansas City Star, 4/25/10)
Father and son charged with bilking Medicare (Miami Herald, 4/24/10)
Medicaid fraud crackdown in Miami-Dade (Miami Herald, 4/23/10)
Scamming Uncle Sam (Forbes, 4/22/10)
FBI raids Bronx clinic office linked to Espada (New York Times, 4/21/10)
House bill would double Medicare fraud penalties (Miami Herald, 4/13/10)
Texas man sentenced to 8 years in wheelchair scam (Dallas Morning News, 4/13/10)
New York Medicaid fraud collections, convictions hit record high (FierceHealthcare, 4/13/10)
Fla. Pair face fraud charges in Mass. (Boston Herald, 4/13/10)
Fla. Medicaid overhaul gets little opposition (BusinessWeek, 4/12/10)
Medicaid fraud convictions hit record (Ithaca Journal, 4/12/10)
Miami-Dade clinic operator pleads guilty to Medicare fraud (Miami Herald, 4/12/10)
NY Medicaid fraud unit touts 148 convictions (BusinessWeek, 4/12/10)
Health care fraud: two ways scammers are trying to take your money (ABC News, 4/11/10)
Doctor sentenced in fraud scheme (St. Louis Dispatch, 4/10/10)
House approves measure to combat Medicaid fraud (Baltimore Sun, 4/10/10)
Dentist allegedly used paper clips in root canals (Boston Globe, 4/8/10)
Raiders aim for tooth & justice (New York Post, 4/8/10)
Fugitive Miami-Dade brothers face Medicare fraud charges (Miami Herald, 4/8/10)
S. Fla. Brothers accused in HIV/Medicare scam (CBS 4 Miami, 4/8/10)
Six charged in $13 million Miami healthcare fraud (Reuters, 4/7/10)
Druggists defraud insurers (Tampa Bay Tribune, 4/7/10)
Private companies would manage Florida Medicaid (BusinessWeek, 4/6/10)
Fla. woman gets prison for Mich. Medicare fraud (Associated Press, 3/25/10)
LA-area man gets 9 years for $1m Medicare fraud (San Francisco Chronicle, 3/25/10)
Report: Small Florida Medicaid fines may not halt fraud (Miami Herald, 3/25/10)
NC Medicaid fraud, waste prevention effort begun (BusinessWeek, 3/24/10)
Two plead guilty in “arthritis kit’ scheme (Houston Chronicle, 3/24/10)
Senate OKs bill aimed at Medicaid fraud (Baltimore Sun, 3/24/10)
Patient billed for liposuction as medical theft rises (BusinessWeek, 3/23/10)
D.C. doctor gets 4-year prison term for Medicaid fraud (Washington Post, 3/23/10)
N.J. hospital agrees to $6.35 million settlement (Modern Healthcare, 3/19/10)
Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud and dispensing illegal prescriptions (ABC Action News, 3/18/10)
Medicare fraud costs taxpayers more than $60 billion each year (ABC News, 3/17/10)
Fall River dentist indicted for Medicare fraud (Boston Herald, 3/16/10)
Houston man convicted in $1 million adult diaper scam (Houston Chronicle, 4/6/10)
Newt Gingrich and others: Can the GOP win by running on ‘No?’ (The News Journal, 4/6/10)
Scam alert issued on new health care law (Boston Herald, 4/6/10)
Senator raises concerns about Medicare fraud at ‘phantom pharmacies’ (ABC News, 4/5/10)
Elder abuse investigations linger in incidents at state veterans home (Dallas Morning News, 4/4/10)
Sleeping on watch (New York Post, 4/4/10)
Albany’s phantom health $avings (New York Post, 4/4/10)
Tampa area pharmacists accused in $1.5 million fraud scheme (Tampa Bay Tribune, 4/1/10)
Former Omaha doctor faces possible sanctions for fraud (Omaha Journal Star, 4/1/10)
Swindlers exploit confusion over health care law (NPR, 4/1/10)
‘Rip-off’ dentists clean up (New York Post, 3/31/10)
Longtime local doctor to surrender in federal fraud case (Houston Chronicle, 3/30/10)
Law may do little to help curb unnecessary care (New York Times, 3/29/10)
Fla. Woman charged $3.3M Mich. Medicaid fraud (Miami Herald, 3/16/10)
Fla. Woman charged $3.3M Mich. Medicaid fraud (Miami Herald, 3/16/10)
Obama says curbing waste, abuse will help fund health-care plan (BusinessWeek, 3/11/10)
Farmington doctor guilty in $18M Medicare fraud case (Detroit News, 3/11/10)
Obama makes closing argument for health overhaul (Wall Street Journal, 3/10/10)
Proposed law targets Medicaid fraud (South Florida Business Journal, 3/10/10)
Obama gets tough on health care fraud (New York Times, 3/10/10)
Pain clinic operators to pay $820,000 for fraud (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/10/10)
DA: NY aids Medicaid fraud (New York Post, 3/9/10)
Clinic owner convicted of fraud, money laundering (ModernHealthcare, 3/6/10)
South Floridian charged with Medicaid fraud (Miami Herald, 3/9/10)
Medicare fraud scheme, threats lead to prison (Miami Herald, 3/3/10)
Feds: Virginia firms billed Medicaid for care not provided (Washington Post, 3/3/10)
NC gov says Medicaid fraud fight to begin soon (Greenville Daily Reflector, 3/3/10)
American surgeon arrested in Italy faces US judge (Boston Herald, 3/1/10)
Two charged in alleged $75 million healthcare fraud (Salon.com, 3/1/10)
Three plead guilty in Houston Medicare fraud case (Houston Chronicle, 3/1/10)
Medicare fraud panel on tap in Miami (Miami Herald, 3/1/10)
Sen. Tom Coburn, President Obama offer different takes on healthcare (Los Angeles Times, 2/27/10)
East Coast nursing home chains settle kickback allegations (Chicago Tribune, 2/26/10)
Rooting out fraud with undercover patients (Wall Street Journal, 2/25/10)
Feds to creatively target financial scammers (Miami Herald, 2/26/10)
Brookline couple faces Medicaid fraud charges (Boston Globe, 2/24/10)
Discount health plan firm accused of fraud (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/23/10)
Discount health plan firm accused of fraud (San Francisco Chronicle, 2/23/10)
Medical center owner who recruited patients from skid row gets 3 years in prison (Los Angeles Times, 2/22/10)
LA Quinta doctor sentenced in false-billing case involving AIDS patients (Los Angeles Times, 2/22/10)
The full cost of medical fraud (Miami Herald, 2/6/10)
The full cost of medical fraud (Miami Herald, 2/6/10)
Guilty verdict in Medicare fraud case (Miami Herald, 2/5/10)
Clinic operator sentenced for Medicare fraud (South Florida Business Journal, 2/5/10)
Volunteers help monitor Medicare fraud (WLWT Cincinnati, 2/4/10)
Hospital association opposes Medicaid fraud bill (Des Moines Register, 2/4/10)
Health-Care overhaul still on table (Wall Street Journal, 2/1/10)
Health-Care overhaul still on table (Wall Street Journal, 2/1/10)
Citizens can police Medicare fraud (Baltimore Sun, 1/29/10)
White House wants money for fraud fight (Modern Healthcare, 1/28/10)
Miami man gets 22 years for Medicare fraud (Miami Herald, 1/28/10)
Little progress seen against health insurance fraud (USA Today, 1/28/10)
Therapist gets two years for Medicaid fraud (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 1/28/10)
Ex hospital execs to pay $10M to settle suit (BusinessWeek, 1/26/10)
Helping Take a Bite Out of Medicare Fraud (Wall Street Journal, 1/23/10)
Surgeon, office manager accused of medical fraud (The Columbus Dispatch, 1/21/10)
Surgeon, office manager accused of medical fraud (The Columbus Dispatch, 1/21/10)
‘Small Smiles’ Dental Chain Reaches Settlement for Medical Fraud (ABC News, 1/20/10)
Factbox: Types of healthcare fraud around the world (Reuters, 1/17/10)
Global Health Care Errors, Fraud Costs $260B Annually, Report Finds (Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, 1/19/10)
Patients learn they might have unneeded stents (Baltimore Sun, 1/15/10)
Patients learn they might have unneeded stents (Baltimore Sun, 1/15/10)
13 charged in Medicare fraud (Detroit Free Press, 1/15/10)
Millionaires on Medicaid (New York Post, 1/14/10)
Health care: A ‘goldmine’ for fraudsters’ (Cnn.com, 1/13/10)
Ambulance service faces fraud charges (The Tennessean, 1/13/10)
Missouri was most efficient in 2008 of using federal aid to recover Medicaid fraud funds (Kansas City Star, 1/12/10)
Battling the Medicare fraud ‘epidemic’ (MSNBC, 1/11/10)
Medicare changes rules for home health care (Miami Herald, 1/9/10)
Owner of St. Louis-area nursing homes admits criminal fraud (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1/7/10)
No bond for Medicare scammer (Miami Herald, 1/6/10)
Miami-Dade clinic owner held on Medicare fraud charges (Miami Herald, 1/5/10)
