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He’s the Bernie Madoff of bariatric surgery. A fat-cat Long Island Gold Coast surgeon billed Medicare for $85 million for procedures he never performed — even claiming to have operated on two patients who had already died, according to a Brooklyn Federal Court complaint unsealed
The first of two suspects was arrested at the 184th Street Pharmacy. The Bronx pharmacist committed Medicaid fraud by doling out AIDS medication and buying prescriptions back The owners of the 184th St. Pharmacy and its druggist allegedly bought HIV medication back from AIDS patients
How to Spot Medical Billing Errors.Blame it on human error, the complexity of billing codes, or unscrupulous medical professionals, but one thing is for sure: medical billing mistakes are a common occurrence. In fact, some estimates claim as many as eight in 10 medical bills
Medicaid is a federal and state health coverage program that provides health care to people who are unable to pay for it themselves. It is offered free of charge to certain individuals and families, granted that they meet the eligibility requirements. There are usually two
A single mom with five kids living in Brooklyn with no income on record and struggling to make ends meet sounds like an eligible candidate for government subsidy programs. She signs up for the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Medicaid for herself and her
Marilyn B. Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifying on Capitol Hill last fall. WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is cracking down on doctors who repeatedly overcharge Medicare patients, and for the first time in more than 30 years the
Amongst all the polls about how various groups view their prospects going into 2014, I’d like to see one polling people who habitually defraud the government. I bet it would be off-the-charts positive, as they look for a banner scammer year. We are being
The year 2018 has ushered in immense changes in government policy, with President Donald Trump and his administration’s attempt to reform healthcare coverage for Americans nationwide under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. These new changes could affect the number of Medicaid fraud cases this
Doctors, longshoremen charged in prescription painkiller bust Four longshoremen, a laborer, a pharmacist, a chiropractor and a pain management doctor have been arrested and indicted in Staten Island. “My father worked as a longshoreman, so I grew up knowing the dangers of the job,” Donovan said.
Recent news on Medicaid fraud has been overflowing with egregious abuses of the system. Yet despite scandalous tales of government funds paying for fraudsters’ Tiffany&Co jewelry, luxury cars, and cleaning robots, we must be wary that innocents do not become entangled in the reactionary backlash
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