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...obtained indictments of more than 500 individuals who collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for more than $1 billion.

Medicare for all!

1 posted on 02/21/2010 7:35:47 AM PST by Libloather
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Is this guy Amish or what?


2 posted on 02/21/2010 7:36:40 AM PST by hal ogen
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$10,856,130 in claims and all he gets is a $250,000 fine. Crime definitely pays.


3 posted on 02/21/2010 7:39:18 AM PST by exbrit
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Think we need to bring back lynchings.


4 posted on 02/21/2010 7:40:29 AM PST by dhs12345
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Shahab faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine”

The laws should be changed. People like this guy who are costing tax payers hundreds of billions of dollars every year, should have all their property and money SIEZED, in addition to spending the rest of their lives in jail, just like they do to drug barons.
This POS and his pals bilked Medicare for $1 billion, and they fine him $250,000? That's a joke right?

6 posted on 02/21/2010 7:42:40 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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So how will Hussein intercede on his behalf?


8 posted on 02/21/2010 8:12:00 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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Looks like this Muslim has assimilated (sarc)


9 posted on 02/21/2010 8:15:24 AM PST by Enten (How's that hopey changey thing working out for you?)
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falsely indicating that they had visited Patient Choice and All American for the purpose of receiving physical or occupational therapy.

That's a confusing sentence becuase it sounds like the patients went TO a facility vs. receiving care at home. A minor point in the reporting perhaps, but it still doesn't make sense.

So we have as listed co-conspirators Medicare aged beneficiaries, physicians, physical therapists and therapy assistants? Yet nobody blew the whistle until over 10 million in billing was racked up?

Hmm...sounds a bit unbelievable with all those parties involved and everybody keeping mum and working like a well-oiled machine. They had to have at minimum an annual inspection by the state inspectors to maintain licensure, maybe inconsistencies between billing and documention triggered the investigation. Or maybe somebody finaly blew a whistle.

Again...hmmm. If actually true as reported, there will be a lot of other people fined or jailed.

If it's any consolation, this sort of occurance is very much in a minority since Medicare cracked down on it's regulations and state supervision several years ago. Not that fraud doesn't occur, but at a significantly lower level than before.

13 posted on 02/21/2010 8:18:20 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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