Thursday, October 21, 2010

Federal agents round up ring of mental health operators in alleged $200 million Medicare fraud case

The Miami Herald reports:
Federal agents arrested four Miami-Dade healthcare operators early Thursday in one of the nation's biggest Medicare fraud cases, charging them with scheming to fleece $200 million from the taxpayer-funded program by billing for bogus mental health services.
At least private sector health insurance companies have the incentive not to get ripped off.