Topic: Miami

Doctors, nurses joined Medicare scam, U.S. says

MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. authorities charged 94 doctors, nurses and clinic owners with scheming to defraud the taxpayer-funded Medicare program out of $251 million, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.He said 36 defendants had been arrested so far in five cities ...
Grassley calls for federal probe after Fla. doc writes nearly 97K prescriptions in 18 monthsThe federal government has stopped reimbursing a Miami doctor who wrote nearly 97,000 prescriptions for mental health drugs to Medicaid patients over 18 months.The case of the Florida ...