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Feds Tackle Fraud: 36 Arrested in Medicare Scams Worth $251M

07/20/2010
By Mona Lisa Vito
Feds Tackle Fraud: 36 Arrested in Medicare Scams Worth $251M

This past Friday July 16 at a press conference in Miami Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that over 360 federal agents had raided the homes and offices of Medicare fraudsters accused of stealing over $251 million. Authorities say most of the thirty-six individuals arrested Friday...
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Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud again

05/11/2009
By Annie Finneran

Miami-Dade doctor Carmen Lourdes del Cuerto pleaded guilty again last week to participating in a Medicare fraud scheme with four other doctors between 2003 and 2006. Del Cuerto and the four other doctors were accused of prescribing approximately $19.5 million in drugs for HIV patients who did not need or receive the therapy. The...
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Florida House passes bill on Medicare fraud

04/29/2009
By Annie Finneran

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...
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