Florida House passes bill on Medicare fraud

Due to the many cases of Medicare fraud in the past year in Florida, the House unanimously voted and passed tighter rules on licensing for health service providers in the hopes of reducing healthcare fraud, specifically Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

As a result of the many Medicare scandals in South Florida recently (over 600 fraud offenders in the past three years), Rep. David Rivera has designated Miami-Dade county as a “healthcare fraud area of special concern.” Any person wanting to be licensed to operate a home health agency, medical equipment provider, or health clinic will need to be a resident of the United States for at least 5 years, unless the applicant files a bond of at least $500,000.

“Everyone should be concerned about Medicare and Medicaid fraud because every taxpayer in this state pays for this fraud,” Rep. Rivera said. “But we should be particularly concerned when the fraud benefits a criminal government like Cuba.”

The bill, which was cleared by the House 114-0, bans new licenses in counties with a high number of home health agencies, including Dade and Broward counties.

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