Hospital CEO accused of billing scam

August 7, 2008

Don’t blame lawyers for the high costs of medicine, insurance, etc. Check this story out:

A Los Angeles, California hospital CEO was arrested Wednesday for recruiting homeless people as phony patients and billing government programs millions of dollars in unecessary health services. Hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties submitted phony Medicare and MediCal bill for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homeless patients authorities allege.

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