Crackdown on Medicare Fraud

Discover high quality, low cost medicare plans at www.MedicareSolutions.com. NPR did an interesting story looking at Medicare frauds growing numbers, and how the government is working to crack down on those abusing the system.
Medicare fraud is among the most common types of health care fraud. The Obama administration has requested a funding increase in an [...]

$100 Million of Medicare Fraud Found in Miami

Eight defendants were recently charged in an elaborate scam that involved billing Medicare for fake HIV and cancer infusion drugs. The fraud spanned the five states of Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana and used 29 fake storefronts in order to attempt to steal $100 million from Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Two [...]

Accent gives away fugitive

Alcides Garcia’s accent gave him away in the Canary Islands in February. The Cuban born fugitive was wanted for Medicare fraud in Miami. After visiting a shipping company to get his belongings sent to the island from Miami, the owner was suspicious of his accent because he has said he was Mexican but had a [...]

Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud again

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 doctors [...]

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 [...]

Medicare Fraud left and right

Last month we heard it out of Miami, now we’re hearing it out of Houston. A June 26 sentencing is scheduled for 3 people who were accused of Medicare fraud the other day. The $36 million Medicare billing fraud included Rhonda Fleming, 45, Bose Ebhamen, 45, and King Arthur, 54. The three were convicted on [...]