Elderly Russian immigrants lined up to take kickbacks from the backroom of a Brooklyn clinic. Claims flooded in from Miami for HIV treatments that never occurred. One professional patient was named in nearly 4,000 false Medicare claims.
Authorities said busts carried out this week in Miami, New York City, Detroit, Houston and Baton Rouge, La., were the largest Medicare fraud takedown in history - part of a massive overhaul in the way federal officials are preventing and prosecuting the crimes.
In all, 94 people - including several doctors and nurses - were charged Friday in scams totaling $251 million. Federal authorities, while touting the operation, cautioned the cases represent only a fraction of the estimated $60 billion to $90 billion in Medicare fraud absorbed by taxpayers each year.
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94 Charged in Medicare Scams Totaling $251 mil
Glad to see the Federal Authorities making a litle headway here. Florida appears to be rampid with fraudulent crime! The state should remain ready with more charges on the way...
ReplyDeleteOne person in 4,000 claims?
ReplyDeleteDon't blame the perps; blame Medicare!
In this day and age of high tech, why should that have been allowed to happen?
Look at the money stolen from the taxpayers! And that's exactly what bad lawyers do when they pauperize their wards and throw them on Medicaid.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if anyone has a real idea how much money is scammed from Medicare/Medicaid?
ReplyDeleteYou got it anonymous #1... more charges ARE on the way!!
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