‘Real-life Frankensteins’: Doctor, 5 others charged in $52M scheme involving sober living patients undergoing surgery, OCDA says
A Beverly Hills surgeon, his girlfriend and four others were charged in connection with an elaborate scheme, paying patients at Southern California sober living homes to undergo medically unnecessary surgeries, medical testing and other procedures to bilk insurance companies out of nearly $52 million, officials said Friday.
Category: Body Brokers
The Florida Shuffle
We got a nod! – Relapse for Cash: How Patient Brokers and Unscrupulous Rehabs Prey on Addicts Looking for Help
First person found guilty of patient brokering sentenced to 3 years
“Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs”
A look at South Floridians charged in health care fraud, opioid crackdown
Part of why we’re seeing less prosecutions
Kickbacks for Florida treatment center totaling nearly 250k
California Lawmakers Want To Crack Down On Fraud At Drug Rehab Centers.
California Lawmakers Want To Crack Down On Fraud At Drug Rehab Centers. Will It Work?
Some lawmakers are aiming to cut down on corruption at addiction-recovery facilities by changing the way insurance companies reimburse providers. There are a whole host of problems with the drug rehab industry, according to a major investigation by the Southern California News Group: No degree, medical or otherwise, is required to get a facility license; and some centers are administering subpar, and even unnecessary, care and then billing insurance companies for it in the hopes of earning high reimbursements.
Ex-PBSO deputy faces more patient brokering charges
Ex-PBSO deputy faces more patient brokering charges
Robert “Bobby” Simeone faces 25 counts of patient brokering for his ties to an unlicensed sober home on a Loxahatchee Groves horse farm. WEST PALM BEACH – A former Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy who in 2016 ran for a seat in Florida’s House is facing more patient brokering charges for his treatment center’s allegedly illegal business dealings, West Palm Beach police records show.