FRAUD & ABUSE: Suppliers Beware--The Feds Are Watching Your Medicaid Billings
Bonus: Federal appeals court rejects 'no harm, no foul' argument regarding false Medicare claims.Three medical supply company owners from Miami, FL, were arrested in connection with two alleged schemes that billed Medicaid some $183,000 for equipment that was either not prescribed or not received by patients, Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist announced Sept. 7.Charged in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court with organized fraud and grand theft were Arnaldo Iglesias, former owner of I. Cowan Medical Equipment and Supply Corp., and Jorge Fernandez-Romero and Alain Fernandez, former owners of JC Medequip & Supplies Inc., said Crist in a...
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