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Photo via Celebrating Seniors [https://www.facebook.com/celebrateseniors/photos_stream]The pressures of medical bills, rent, and other expenses on our seniors can cause a great amount of stress — especially to those who live on a fixed income. A series of upcoming events in our community are being offered
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Photo via Brandon Lucain [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29530028@N07/4372682515/]Update [10/28/15]: A previous version of this article misstated the Summary Star Ratings of several local hospitals, based on information [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/1-star-hospital-number-doubles-latest-cms-rankings-5-stars-slide-see-data] from Healthcare Finance News. Since its posting, the ratings on
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The former location of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC, 1706 Cropsey Ave (Source: Google Maps)Dr. Okon Umana, 68, the “no show” doctor [/no-show-doctor-cropsey-medical-care-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraud-scheme/#.Vc5TAixViko] at a Bensonhurst medical clinic embroiled in a $13 million health care fraud scheme [/nationwide-multi-million-dollar-medicaid-scheme-unfolds/], was sentenced to 24 months in prison in a federal court
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What a perfect photo for this article. (Source: Pedro Vezini/Flickr)A recent report is raising questions about several local doctors who rank among the nation’s highest earners for Medicare claims, with many of them seeing the same patients thousands of times in just a few short months. The
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Rep. Michael Grimm (image by Dan Macleod for CNG)Representative Michael Grimm joined his Republican colleagues on Capital Hill in another effort to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. SI Live is reporting [http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/staten_islands_grimm_and_
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Source: Jhawk/FlickrSocial day care centers, community facilities that cater to the elderly, are being accused of abusing Medicaid, according to a report [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/nyregion/day-centers-lure-fit-elders-and-bill-medicaid.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&smid=fb-share] in the New York Times. Under a new law
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HynesHealthcare scammers – y’know, not like we have any of those [/tag/medicaid-fraud/] around here – better watch their backs, as Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has launched a new Healthcare Fraud Division. The new unit hopes to combat fraud against Medicare and Medicaid committed by doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare
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City hospitals have been measured, weighed and found wanting. New York’s medical centers earned low marks on quality of care, patient satisfaction and the rate of reentry in preliminary data as judged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reports the New York World [http://www.
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The owner of two medical supply stores – one located in Brighton Beach, the other in Gravesend – pleaded guilty on Monday to bilking Medicare out of more than $1 million. Oleg Kam, 48, faces 10 years for his role in the scheme, which involved charging Medicare for delivering thousands of orthopedic
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Click to watch video on NY1.comThree local doctors and a pharmacist are facing up to ten years in prison after allegedly bilking Medicare out of more than $90,000. The doctors, some working out of the Sadkhin Complex at 2306 Avenue U, are accused of billing Medicare for procedures