Clinics, doctors, others named in lawsuit over alleged 'rent-a-patient' con in Southland. Striking back at nine Southern California clinics accused of running a massive insurance scam, Blue Cross/Blue Shield has filed suit in federal court alleging that a dozen of the insurance giant's state plans were bilked out of $30 million in unnecessary surgeries and medical procedures. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, names 40 clinics, owners, management companies and physicians and stems from a "rent-a-patient" scam in which recruiters allegedly enlisted patients nationwide to travel to Southern California for unneeded procedures in return for...