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Ninety-four people have been charged for their alleged participation in schemes to collectively submit more than $251 million in false claims to the Medicare program in the continuing operation of the Medicare fraud Strike Force in Miami; Baton Rouge, La.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Detroit and Houston, announced Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Health... 

COURT HOUSE — A whistle-blower has accused a local doctor of submitting false claims to Medicare and a federal judge has found the charges legitimate and will let a jury decide if the doctor’s claims were knowingly fraudulent. [Original News Article]  Read More →

The U.S. Justice Department has announced that the Mercy Medical Center in Springfield has agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle Medicare services violations. [Original News Article]  Read More →

UTICA – St. Elizabeth Medical Center today denied committing Medicare fraud, despite agreeing to pay nearly $196,000 to settle a Justice Department investigation. [Original News Article] Related NewsElizabeth medical center to pay $3M to settle Medicare fraud lawsuitSt. Elizabeth settles Medicare fraud caseBHS denies Medicare rort claims  Read More →

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, a Long Island, N.Y.-based hospital, has agreed to pay $2.92 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that the hospital defrauded Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. [Original News Article]  Read More →

It wasn’t as devastating as her rebuke of Rahm Emanual, but Palin’s reaction made it clear that she was not amused by Rush Limbaugh’s riff on the “R” word. She offered the following comment via her spokesperson: Governor Palin believes crude and demeaning name calling at the expense of others is disrespectful. Here’s... 

The Regional Medical Center is due to receive about $944,000 in Medicare reimbursements, according to a Medicare Cost Report presented to hospital trustees Tuesday. [Original News Article]  Read More →

On February 1, 2010, the Obama Administration transmitted its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget to Congress. The budget requests $1.7 billion to fight health care fraud, including $561 million in Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control discretionary funding, which is a $250 million increase over the FY 2010 enacted level.  Among other things, this... 

CORPUS CHRISTI —A Corpus Christi couple who owned an orthopedic practice were convicted Friday on several charges of submitting false reports to Medicare, according to a U.S. attorney’s office release.Jeanette Garcia, 43, and her husband, Eleazar Garcia, 53, were convicted of conspiring to commit health care fraud after a two-week …  Read More →

Five New Jersey hospitals, including Hackensack University Medical Center and Clara Maass Medical Center in Essex County, are ranked among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide, based on their care of Medicare patients, according to a private rating service. [Original News Article]  Read More →

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