Last month, the FBI, Texas State troopers, and the Inspector General raided The SCOOTER Store’s corporate offices for suspected Medicare fraud. According to the government, the largest name in mobility scooters falsely took money from Medicare by encouraging false prescriptions and overcharging the government. In January, CBS This Morning ran a cutting exposé on the [...]
March 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Is Obama’s $500 million crackdown on Medicare fraud doomed to failure? (video)
Reason TV talks with the National Association of Medicaid Directors’ Matt Salo, former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Thomas Scully, and Reason magazine’s Peter Suderman, who agree that despite recent headlines, there’s little reason to think that Medicare and Medicaid fraud will become a thing of the past. In February, the Health and [...]
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
82-year-old woman goes under cover to bust Medicare fraud (video)
The investigation that enlisted an 82-year-old woman to go undercover to reveal alleged Medicare fraud was named as one of ABC News’ Gracie Award winners. The investigation by Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross and investigative producer Megan Chuchmach will be honored with the award for “Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature” at the ABC ceremony in [...]
February 25, 2013 By 2 Comments
Congress wasted $334 million by forcing Medicare to overpay for drugs
Taxpayers are overpaying for Medicare patient drugs. That was the finding of a recent investigation into Medicare’s payment for a certain class of drugs. The investigation uncovered $334 million in waste due to “locked in” costs by lawmakers. According to Inspector General investigators at the Health and Human Services Department, Medicare has failed to secure [...]
February 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
Medicare Marketer Admits Role in Home Health Care Fraud Plot
A health care worker who sold Medicare beneficiary information to Detroit-area home health agency operators as part of a $24.7 million home health care fraud conspiracy pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme, which sought to profit by billing for home healthcare services that were medically unnecessary and not provided. The guilty plea [...]
