Category: Healthcare fraud
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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 -
Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide Grand Jury to investigate “crimes and wrongdoing committed against Floridians related to the COVID-19 vaccine.” But if the 18 grand jurors and the prosecutors who will shepherd them do an actual investigation, the governor’s request should backfire unpleasantly on him and his apparent hopes for higher political office. -
Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products
By Fred Schulte
FloridaBulldog.org -
Elderly South Florida mobster Thomas Farese at the top of $93 million healthcare fraud, feds say
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Since the 1970s mobster Tommy Farese has been a recurring character on the pages of South Florida newspapers. So it was surprising when the reputed Colombo family consiglieri didn’t make the Sun-Sentinel last week for his latest alleged caper: a $93-million health care fraud scheme.
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