Tag: Health and Human Services
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Powerful medicine: Broward Health offers nearly $70 million to settle federal fraud probe
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer-supported Broward Health offered Thursday to pay nearly $70 million to settle a four-year-old federal investigation into allegations of massive Medicare and Medicaid fraud. -
Tax-subsidized Broward Health in six-figure endorsement deal with Miami Dolphins QB
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
The newest face of Broward Health hangs shoulder pads around his neck instead of a stethoscope. But like a doctor, he earns six figures a year from the tax-subsidized public health care system. -
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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. -
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Feds to examine whether doctors are using electronic health records to pad Medicare bills
By Fred Schulte
The Center for Public Integrity
The nation’s top health information technology official has launched an internal review to determine if electronic health records are prompting some doctors and hospitals to overbill Medicare. -
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Audit finds suspicious Medicare billing by thousands of doctors; high charges most common in Florida
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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