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http://washingtonindependent.com/94...iled-in-possible-medicare-overbilling-scandal
http://washingtonindependent.com/94...iled-in-possible-medicare-overbilling-scandal
Dude... I'm the conductor of the anti-Scott train but that's old news and he "sold" the company to his wife. I'm more worried this state will sink into the ocean under the sea of shit of his current spurrious deals.
Get back to me when he awards her the state's privatized Medicaid contracts.
Get back to me when he awards her the state's privatized Medicaid contracts.
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On March 19, 1997, investigators from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services served search warrants at Columbia/HCA facilities in El Paso and on dozens of doctors with suspected ties to the company.
The Columbia/HCA board of directors pressured Scott to resign as Chairman and CEO following the inquiry.
He was paid $9.88 million in a settlement.
He also left owning 10 million shares of stock worth over $350 million.
In 1999, Columbia/HCA changed its name back to HCA, Inc.
In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pled guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in the largest fraud settlement in US history.
Columbia/HCA admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, by striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and by filing false data about use of hospital space.
They also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA.
They filed false cost reports, fraudulently billing Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients.
In addition, they gave doctors "loans" never intending to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.[SUP]
[/SUP]In late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the U.S. government $631 million, plus interest, and pay $17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $250 million paid up to that point to resolve outstanding Medicare expense claims.[SUP]
[/SUP]In all, civil law suits cost HCA more than $2 billion to settle, by far the largest fraud settlement in US history.[SUP]
[/SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott#Columbia.2FHCA_fraud_case_details[SUP]
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The Columbia/HCA board of directors pressured Scott to resign as Chairman and CEO following the inquiry.
He was paid $9.88 million in a settlement.
He also left owning 10 million shares of stock worth over $350 million.
In 1999, Columbia/HCA changed its name back to HCA, Inc.
In settlements reached in 2000 and 2002, Columbia/HCA pled guilty to 14 felonies and agreed to a $600+ million fine in the largest fraud settlement in US history.
Columbia/HCA admitted systematically overcharging the government by claiming marketing costs as reimbursable, by striking illegal deals with home care agencies, and by filing false data about use of hospital space.
They also admitted fraudulently billing Medicare and other health programs by inflating the seriousness of diagnoses and to giving doctors partnerships in company hospitals as a kickback for the doctors referring patients to HCA.
They filed false cost reports, fraudulently billing Medicare for home health care workers, and paid kickbacks in the sale of home health agencies and to doctors to refer patients.
In addition, they gave doctors "loans" never intending to be repaid, free rent, free office furniture, and free drugs from hospital pharmacies.[SUP]
[/SUP]In late 2002, HCA agreed to pay the U.S. government $631 million, plus interest, and pay $17.5 million to state Medicaid agencies, in addition to $250 million paid up to that point to resolve outstanding Medicare expense claims.[SUP]
[/SUP]In all, civil law suits cost HCA more than $2 billion to settle, by far the largest fraud settlement in US history.[SUP]
[/SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott#Columbia.2FHCA_fraud_case_details[SUP]
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In July 1997, Columbia/HCA Healthcare purchased controlling interest in America's Health Network (AHN), the first 24-hour health care cable channel.
They pulled out of the deal on the day of the closing, which caused the immediate layoffs of more than 250 people in Orlando.
Later that same year, Scott became majority owner of AHN.[SUP]
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In mid-1999 AHN merged with a subsidiary of Fox; the combination was renamed The Health Network.
Later that year, in a deal between Fox Network and WebMD, the latter received half-ownership of The Health Network.
WebMD planned to relaunch The Health Network as WebMD Television in the fall of 2000, with new programming, but that company announced cutbacks and restructuring in September 2000, and in January 2001, Fox regained 100% ownership.[SUP]
[/SUP]In September 2001, Fox sold The Health Network to its main rival, Discovery, for $155 million in cash plus a 10 percent equity stake in Discovery Health
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott#Columbia.2FHCA_fraud_case_details
They pulled out of the deal on the day of the closing, which caused the immediate layoffs of more than 250 people in Orlando.
Later that same year, Scott became majority owner of AHN.[SUP]
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In mid-1999 AHN merged with a subsidiary of Fox; the combination was renamed The Health Network.
Later that year, in a deal between Fox Network and WebMD, the latter received half-ownership of The Health Network.
WebMD planned to relaunch The Health Network as WebMD Television in the fall of 2000, with new programming, but that company announced cutbacks and restructuring in September 2000, and in January 2001, Fox regained 100% ownership.[SUP]
[/SUP]In September 2001, Fox sold The Health Network to its main rival, Discovery, for $155 million in cash plus a 10 percent equity stake in Discovery Health
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scott#Columbia.2FHCA_fraud_case_details