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  • Medicare audits spark protest that nudges Feinstein (Lady MILCON & Richard Blum's latest travail)

    05/19/2007 2:19:02 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 838+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 5/19/07 | David Whitney
    WASHINGTON -- California lawmakers are questioning whether an auditing company in which San Francisco investor Richard Blum, the husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has a major financial stake is rejecting Medicare claims at California rehabilitation hospitals to reap millions of dollars in profits at the expense of patient care. The company, PRG-Schultz International, has a contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the overseer of the Medicare program, to check payments in California for mistakes. Its only pay is a bounty of up to 30 percent on the overcharges it identifies. The California Hospital Association first raised concerns...
  • Feinstein's Fury (one of Project Censored's 25 most underreported stories of 2007)

    08/09/2007 8:18:30 PM PDT · by Libloather · 8 replies · 958+ views
    Metro Active ^ | 8/08/07 | Peter Byrne
    Feinstein's FuryUp against the big media spin machine By Peter Byrne 29 weeks later: Following the fallout from Metro's investigation of Sen. Feinstein. I AM PLEASED to announce that my national exposé of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's conflict of interest has been selected as one of the 25 most underreported stories of 2007 by Project Censored, headquartered at Sonoma State University. I cherish this award because it means I am doing my job as an investigative reporter. Stories that the mainstream media ignore often reveal truths about our system of governance that editors at corporate daily newspapers work overtime to cover...
  • Auditor under fire reaps big profits (Sen. Dianne Feinstein's D-CA hubby Richard Blum)

    08/03/2007 4:41:11 PM PDT · by Libloather · 10 replies · 845+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 8/03/07 | David Whitney
    Auditor under fire reaps big profitsFirm has been criticized for rejecting many hospital Medicare claims in state. By David Whitney - Bee Washington Bureau Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, August 3, 2007 WASHINGTON -- PRG-Schultz International, the Atlanta auditing company under fire for its sweeping rejection of claims for California Medicare patients cared for by rehabilitation hospitals, announced soaring second-quarter profits Thursday. The announcement came a day after members of the California congressional delegation met with audit overseers in a heated meeting in which they complained that PRG-Schultz's wholesale rejection of claims is enriching its bottom line while jeopardizing health...