A California health care provider and one of its doctors have agreed to pay over $5 million to settle claims by the Federal government that it submitted false claims to Medicare.
Federal prosecutors say the California firm contracted with several area Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) to provide its enrollees with health care services in exchange for a share of the payments it receives from Medicare. As Medicare pays MAOs more for patients with more severe diagnoses, investigators say the firm took advantage of the fact by submitting additional diagnosis codes that did not match the patients’ actual health to the MAOs.
A A Port Richey woman and current student at a Tampa bartending school was stopped by deputies last week on suspicion of driving drunk in Hudson and registering a blood-alcohol content of three times the Florida legal limit.
A A Tampa man is facing attempted murder, theft, and arson charges after police say he set aflame the home of a woman from whom he had stolen jewelry a week prior.
