Medicare fraud scheme, threats lead to prison

The Miami Herald reports:

The fact that Yamill Ramos Perez, the owner of two Hialeah pharmacies, tried to dupe Medicare into paying him $20 million was hardly distinctive in Miami-Dade County, widely regarded as the nation's healthcare fraud capital.

What set Ramos apart was that he threatened the lives of a Medicare fraud investigator and a government official last year, after his pharmacies were put on ``prepayment review'' because of suspicious billing to the federal entitlement program for the elderly and disabled. No Medicare-licensed operator anywhere in the country had ever done that before, according to authorities.

Medicare fraud is a big time racket, you'll be hearing more of this.