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4 DOCTORS AMONG 20 CHARGED WITH BILKING MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND OTHER MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS OUT OF $146 MILLION
Twenty people — four of whom are doctors — are facing charges related to a massive fraud scheme that bilked Medicare, Medicaid and other managed care organizations out of $146 million. Prosecutors from the Brooklyn District Attorneys Office said the defendants ran an enterprise in which recruiters offered cash to low-income and
KRATOM: POWDER GROUND FROM LEAVES OFFERS PAIN RELIEF, MOOD ENHANCEMENT
By Christine Vestal, The Pew Charitable Trusts CARRBORO, N.C. — On a sunny November afternoon in this quiet college community, a steady stream of customers walks through the doors of a local cafe called Oasis for a cup of an increasingly popular herbal beverage. The menu offers coffee, black tea,
CHINESE ROBOT PASSES CHINA’S MEDICAL LICENSING EXAM
A Chinese medical robot named Xiaoyi achieved a passing score of 456 on China’s medical licensing exam in early November. A passing score is 360 out of 600. But 456 is an impressive result considering the robot scored 100 in its first practice run. Xiaoyi (which means “little doctor”)
FIFTH WELLCARE EXEC SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FRAUD SCHEME
Thaddeus M.S. Bereday, the former general counsel for WellCare Health Plans ,has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Florida’s Medicaid program. The Department of Justice announced that Bereday will serve a prison sentence followed by a year of house arrest after he
WHAT’S UP IN THE NEW YEAR? PHYSICIANS RESPOND TO ISSUES FACING THEM IN 2018
By Larry Storer When I recently polled a dozen physician leaders by email about what issues were at the top of their list of the most critical issues facing them in 2018, concerns fell into two categories: political and medical. Then, face-to-face conversations with some of the physicians attending the