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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Woman convicted in wheelchair scam

November 24, 2010, 12:06 AM
A federal jury has convicted an Oakland woman of health care fraud for her part in a scam that billed Medicare for power wheelchairs that were medically unnecessary, federal officials said yesterday. Donna K. Wells, 52, was found guilty Monday of one count of health care fraud after a week-... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Street gang defrauds Medicare of wheelchairs, revealing big problems

September 16, 2010, 12:05 AM
The inspector general overseeing the Medicare program delivered jaw-dropping testimony to Congress yesterday, describing widespread fraud in the Medicare program meant to supply wheelchairs, artificial limbs and pacemakers to seniors. In prepared remarks during a hearing held by the House... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Riverside County hospitals stripped of Medicare funding

April 16, 2010, 12:07 AM
Federal Medicare officials told two Riverside County hospitals yesterday that they would no longer pay for seniors' care after June, signaling the end of a three-year process of trying to get the hospitals to follow basic care standards. Photo by U.S. Army The hospitals, Rancho Springs... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

California stands out in analysis of sky-high nursing home bills

March 30, 2010, 12:06 AM
Nursing homes in some California counties are billing Medicare for the most expensive services at a rate ten times greater than what regulators accounted for, costing tax payers tens of millions. That’s what an analysis by the Washington Post showed. The Post examined nursing homes... + read more
Medicare, Kathleen Sebelius, Part D
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Medicare cuts ties with drug plan that left patients in the lurch

March 11, 2010, 12:07 AM
Medicare officials announced this week that they are tearing up their contract with a New York-based company – with 4,100 California clients – that delayed or denied patients access to medications they needed.  Fox Insurance Co. let down its 123,000 enrollees by... + read more
Medicare, hospital, Southwest Health, decertification
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

What does it take for Medicare to kick a hospital out of the program?

February 4, 2010, 12:10 AM
Two Riverside County hospitals face the prospect of Medicare sending its patients elsewhere, which will likely leave the hospitals too poor to operate or open a gleaming new unit. We reported as much Tuesday. But the question remains: How often does Medicare level the ultimate punishment on... + read more
California Watch, hospitals, Medicare, Inland Empire, Universal Health Services
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Medicare officials weigh funding fate of two Riverside County hospitals

February 2, 2010, 12:20 AM
Medicare officials do not take the decision they face in coming weeks lightly. They are weighing whether to offer two troubled hospitals additional chances to improve or to give up and “decertify” them. That's Medicare-speak for cutting off their funding, a move that's devastating to a... + read more
nursing home, government contracting, health reform, government waste, medicare
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Schwarzenegger thumps health reform, but devil (and wasted money) will be in details

January 7, 2010, 5:25 AM
Arnold Schwarzenegger took a swing at the behemoth effort at health care reform during his State of the State speech yesterday. Whether reform is a "trough of bribes, deals and loopholes" (as we noted yesterday), one thing is certain: The devil will be in the details. Nothing... + read more
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