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Todd Farha, former CEO of WellCare Health Plans, drew a three-year sentence for Medicaid fraud Monday, far below the sentencing guidelines. The judge said…
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A Bradenton nursing home has been suspended from Florida’s Medicaid program on charges of fraud, forcing the home's Medicaid patients to be moved on…
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A federal judge says Florida lost $11 million in 2006 when WellCare executives committed Medicaid fraud, the Tampa Bay Times reports. That amount will…
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Efforts to clamp down on health care fraud continue across Florida, different media report.In Tavares, Randall C. Ritch was convicted of Medicaid fraud,…
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Troubling allegations continue to emerge that the Naples-based Health Management Associates illegally pressured doctors and hospital staffs to admit and…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has signed on to eight false claims lawsuits against Health Management Associates, claiming the Naples-based hospital chain…
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Florida, one of the nation's hotspots for Medicare and Medicaid fraud, is at particular risk as budget changes in Washington combine to force the layoff…
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It has become a mere annoyance, a cost of doing business, for health-care companies to pay fines for health-care fraud. But the outcome of the Justice…
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Just when it seemed the trial against four former WellCare Health Plans executives might never end, the jury on Monday returned a verdict that found each…
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Attorney Gen. Pam Bondi’s office announced two Medicaid fraud arrests this week. The larger one involved an Orlando-area woman who billed taxpayers $3…