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$10 million Medicare fraud scheme involves Miami HIV Infusion Clinics

by Nolan and Auerbach on March 23, 2009

Four Miami-area physicians and medical assistants pleaded guilty March 23, 2009 to a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.  The four defendants worked at Midway Medical Center Inc.  a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in the treatment of HIV patients. One of [...]

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President’s Proposed 2010 Budget Aims to Increase Revenue by Reducing Fraud, Abuse

by Nolan and Auerbach on March 5, 2009

President Obama’s fiscal year 2010 proposed budget estimates that reducing health care fraud, waste and abuse could save the government about $5 billion in a decade’s time. The budget pledges nearly $1.5 billion for its Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC), including a $311 million increase in HCFAC funding. The budget takes aim [...]

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