Tag Archives: Medicare fraud

Judge Sends Therapist to Prison for 35 Years for Medicare-Fraud

Posted on September 20, 2011 by CCHR Florida

The sentencing of Marianella Valera, 40, came only days after the same judge sent her 49-year-old boyfriend, Lawrence Duran, to prison for 50 years. The pair ran Miami-based American Therapeutic Corp, which prosecutors say defrauded the taxpayer-funded Medicare program of more than $200 million. Continue reading →

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Agents Raid Nation’s Largest Chain of Mental Health Clinics-Florida

Posted on October 22, 2010 by CCHR Florida

Agents with the FBI and Investigations Division of the Office of the Inspector General are seen outside the American Therapeutic Corp. building on Thursday in Miami. Federal agents raided the building during an operation that resulted in the arrest of … Continue reading →

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Feds investigating high prescribing Florida doctors – Senator calls for a nationwide investigation

Posted on December 18, 2009 by CCHR Florida

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MEDICAID_TOP_PRESCRIBERS_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME   Associated Press   Feds investigating high prescribing Fla. docs By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press Writer   MIAMI (AP) — The federal government has stopped reimbursing a Miami doctor who wrote nearly 97,000 prescriptions for mental health drugs to … Continue reading →

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