/tags/medicare-fraud medicare fraud en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /business/2024-12-09/malcolm-gladwell-medicare-fraud-miami-tipping-point In 2000, 'The Tipping Point' examined how social trends happen. When author Malcolm Gladwell returned to his theories, he came to Miami – and what he found wasn't pretty. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /business/2024-12-09/malcolm-gladwell-medicare-fraud-miami-tipping-point Tom Hudson /show/sundial/2020-02-24/south-florida-medical-fraud-broward-beach-safety-dinosaur-climate-change-exhibit On this Monday, Feb. 24, episode of Sundial:South Florida woman given clemency by TrumpLast week, President Donald Trump announced 11 pardons and… Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:40:55 GMT /show/sundial/2020-02-24/south-florida-medical-fraud-broward-beach-safety-dinosaur-climate-change-exhibit /npr-breaking-news/2019-10-07/phone-scammers-and-teledoctors-charged-with-preying-on-seniors-in-fraud-case Officials warn that schemes devised to steal from Medicare have embraced telemedicine. One man was prescribed $4,000 of medical equipment he didn't need and never asked for. Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:01:21 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-10-07/phone-scammers-and-teledoctors-charged-with-preying-on-seniors-in-fraud-case Victoria Knight /show/sundial/2019-04-18/special-agent-discusses-the-largest-medicare-fraud-scheme-in-u-s-history South Florida has long been a target for Medicare fraud. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced 24 people had been charged in a $1.2 billion… Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:43:24 GMT /show/sundial/2019-04-18/special-agent-discusses-the-largest-medicare-fraud-scheme-in-u-s-history Chris Remington /2019-04-01/trial-of-miami-nursing-home-executive-1b-fraud-nears-end The federal trial of a Florida health care executive wrapped up on Friday with closing statements from the prosecution calling the defendant a trickster... Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:19:00 GMT /2019-04-01/trial-of-miami-nursing-home-executive-1b-fraud-nears-end Adriana Gomez Licon | Associated Press /2018-03-15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-medicare-cards-but-beware-of-scams In April, the government will start sending out new Medicare cards , launching a massive, yearlong effort to alter how 59 million people enrolled in the... Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:41:54 GMT /2018-03-15/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-medicare-cards-but-beware-of-scams Kaiser Health News /health-news-florida/2018-01-03/doctor-who-stole-100m-from-medicare-could-get-30-plus-years Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:37:00 GMT /health-news-florida/2018-01-03/doctor-who-stole-100m-from-medicare-could-get-30-plus-years The Associated Press /health-news-florida/2017-12-06/eye-doctor-awaits-sentence-in-100-million-medicare-fraud Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:28:00 GMT /health-news-florida/2017-12-06/eye-doctor-awaits-sentence-in-100-million-medicare-fraud The Associated Press /health-news-florida/2017-07-30/florida-health-care-admin-charged-in-1b-medicare-fraud-case Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:16:00 GMT /health-news-florida/2017-07-30/florida-health-care-admin-charged-in-1b-medicare-fraud-case The Associated Press /npr-breaking-news/2017-01-06/medicare-failed-to-recover-up-to-125-million-in-overpayments-from-private-insurers Audits show Medicare potentially overpaid five insurance plans by $128 million, yet the government recovered only $3 million. The finding adds to questions about oversight of Medicare Advantage plans. Fri, 06 Jan 2017 10:00:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2017-01-06/medicare-failed-to-recover-up-to-125-million-in-overpayments-from-private-insurers Fred Schulte