Judge Sends Therapist to Prison for 35 Years for Medicare-Fraud
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.
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The June 26 Huffpost Politics article, A Depressing Story You Need to Read, takes a deeper look into the workings of Obamacare — and finds some unfortunate consequences. The proclaimed benefits to the taxpayer are not so great, while the drug industry becomes...Florida Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Massive Medicare Fraud
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 30, 2011 Miami-Area Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty for Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON – A Miami-area psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court...Feds make more arrests in major Medicare fraud case
A widening federal investigation into a Miami-based company accused of Medicare fraud netted the arrest of several doctors along with more than a dozen other defendants. BY JAY WEAVER February 15, 2011 A trio of doctors altered the diagnoses and...2011 Starts Off With More Stories On Top Prescribers
The investigation initially focused on a Miami psychiatrist who wrote $43 Million worth of prescriptions from 2004-2009. It was calculated that psychiatrist Fernando Mendez-Villamil wrote an average of 153 prescriptions a day for 18 months ending in March 2009. On...Top Prescribers – Nationwide Investigation – More stories
Medicaid – Government funded insurance for the poor. A whistle-blower informed U.S. Senator Grassley’s office and the Miami Herald last year that a Miami psychiatrist wrote close to 100,000 prescriptions for Medicaid patients over 18 months, about 153...National Investigation of Top Prescribers
U.S. Senator Grassley’s initial investigation focused on Miami psychiatrist Fernando Mendez-Villamil who wrote an average of 153 prescriptions a day for 18 months ending in March 2009. His prescriptions cost tax payers $43 Million from 2004-2009. On June 21,...Contact CCHR Florida
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